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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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Vitellius
Vitex
Vitruvius
Vitulos
Vitus (St.)
Viva Voce
Vivien
Vixen
Vixere
Viz
Vogue
Vogue la Galère
Vole
Voltaic Battery
Voltaire
Volume
Vox et Præterea Nihil
Vox Populi Vox Dei
Vulcan
Vulcan’s Badge
Vulcanised Indiarubber

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