Meaning & use
Alamode
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Fashionable or stylish.
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The tailor's shop advertised the latest coats, cut alamode for the season.
Her alamode taste in furniture kept the apartment looking current year after year.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from the French 'à la mode,' meaning 'in the fashion'; in American English it also came to describe a dessert served with a scoop of ice cream, a usage that took hold in the late 19th century.
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2. adjective
Served with a scoop of ice cream, as of pie or cake.
She served the warm apple pie alamode, topped with vanilla ice cream.
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