Word Study
chichi
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chichi, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of a thing) frilly, showy.
2 (of a person or behaviour) fussy, affected.
--n.
1 over-refinement, pretentiousness, fussiness.
2 a frilly, showy, or pretentious object.
--adj.
1 (of a thing) frilly, showy.
2 (of a person or behaviour) fussy, affected.
--n.
1 over-refinement, pretentiousness, fussiness.
2 a frilly, showy, or pretentious object.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
chichi
affected, arabesque, baroque, brave, bravura, braw, busy, dandiacal, dandified, dandyish, daring, dashing, dressy, elaborate, elegant, exhibitionistic, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashing, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, foppish, frilly, frothy, fussy, gallant, gay, glittering, high-wrought, jaunty, jazzy, la-di-da, labored, luxuriant, luxurious, moresque, ornate, ostentatious, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overnice, overrefined, overworked, overwrought, peacockish, peacocky, picturesque, precieux, pretentious, pretty-pretty, rakish, rich, rococo, showy, snazzy, splashy, splurgy, sporty, swank, ultrafashionable, ultrasmart, ultrastylishFor further exploring for "chichi" in Webster Dictionary Online