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style
"go out of style,"

to become unfashionable.

"in style,"

fashionable.

Origin:

1250–1300; Middle English (noun) < Latin stylus, spelling variant of stilus tool for writing, hence, written composition, style; see stylus. The suffix -style can mean (examples in italics): a combining form of style: blastostyle. Or, a combining form with the meanings “column,” “columned,” “having columns (of the kind specified)” used in the formation of compound words: orthostyle; urostyle. The origin of -style: "< Greek stŷlos column or -stȳlos -columned, adj. derivative of stŷlos. —Dictionary.com. // History and Etymology for style (noun): Middle English stile, style, from Latin stilus spike, stem, stylus, style of writing; perhaps akin to Latin instigare to goad — more at stick. —Merriam-Webster.

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Updated: 28 June 2020 {5:08 PM}

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