a. 1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. [ 1913 Webster ] Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |