Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective According to the prevailing style or fashion.
- adjective Served with ice cream.
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- adjective
Fashionable ; in thecurrent style orfashion . - adjective US
Served withice cream .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : à, in + la, the + mode, fashion.]
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Borrowing from French à la mode ("in the style")
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