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chich | chichi |

As a noun chich

is the chickpea.

As an adjective chichi is

affectedly trendy; chic and stylish.

chich

English

Noun

(es)
  • (botany) The chickpea.
  • (Webster 1913)

    chichi

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • affectedly trendy; chic and stylish
  • "Going in gangs to those chichi clubs at Maidenhead." --E. Taylor, Game of Hide-&-Seek
    "Whether the chichi gender theorists like it or not, sexual duality is a law of nature among all highly evolved life forms." --Camille Paglia
    "The sort of real delicious Italian country cooking that is a revelation after so much chichi Italian food dished up in London."--Daily Telegraph, January 22, 1969
    "[Judith] Hope -- who lives in East Hampton, where the Clintons have a lot of chichi friends -- has been getting ink by the barrelful with her regular interviews quoting conversations with the first lady, on subjects ranging from Senate ambitions to summer and post-White House living arrangements." --Washington Post, June 4, 1999

    Synonyms

    * bougie * bourgie ----