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Vogue (1 syl.)

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A French word. “In vogue” means in repute, in the fashion. The verb voguer means to sail or move forwards. Hence the idea of sailing with the tide.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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