alamode

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noun

A lustrous silk fabric used for headscarves.

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Meanings

nounalamode (countable and uncountable, plural alamodes)

plural alamodes

  1. countableuncountableA lustrous silk fabric used for headscarves.
adjectivealamode (comparative more alamode, superlative most alamode)

comparative more alamode · superlative most alamode

  1. alternativeAlternative form of a la mode.

    Once, I remember carrying my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped in a piece of paper, like a book, and going to a famous alamode beef-house near Drury Lane, and ordering a 'small plate' of that delicacy to eat with it.

    1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
adverbalamode (comparative more alamode, superlative most alamode)

comparative more alamode · superlative most alamode

  1. alternativeAlternative form of a la mode.

Origin

From à la mode.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Omadale
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APA

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MLA

“alamode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alamode. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alamode,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alamode.

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