Etymology

modist

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Today it means: A follower of fashion. Full definition →

French modiste
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  1. French · borrowed frommodiste
  2. English todaymodist

From French modiste. By surface analysis, mode + -ist.

Words from the same roots

Frenchmodiste all →

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