vogue
To dance in the vogue dance styleTo dance in the vogue dance style.
» This style is much in vogue.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To dance in the vogue dance style.
(Polari)To light a cigarette for (someone).
Vogue me up.
Examples
11 sentencesThis style is much in vogue.
Terms like "sexism" are now in vogue.
His novel had a great vogue for a long time.
It's kind of in vogue, but the price is too much!
The French style of dress is in vogue now.
Origin
First attested in 1565. Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), froFirst attested in 1565. Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”) (compare way).
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Forms
vogues, voguing, vogued, voguedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle