Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to an architectural and decorative style popular from the 1930s to the 1940s and characterized by streamlined and curved surfaces, strong horizontal lines, and minimal surface ornament.
- adjective Striving to be modern in appearance or style but lacking taste or refinement; pretentious.
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- adjective of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Peter db bistro moderne is famed for their foie gras burgers, but I doubt that they’ll be on their RW menu as I think it normally runs around $30 by itself.
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By the late 1920s, about a score of companies were mass-producing diners, nearly all in a streamlined art deco style known as moderne, with gleaming stainless-steel exteriors, and insides of polished dark wood and more shiny metal.
I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999
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Ses éléments constitutifs, ses rapports avec les langues secrètes de l'Europe méridionale et l'argot moderne, avec un appendice sur l'argot juge par
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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As for moderne, that is left to the chef, Chris Leahy, an apostle of Daniel Boulud and Laurent Tourondel.
The New Yorker Mike Peed 2011
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There are, of course, superficial differences: the paved streets, the cars and trucks and garages, the neon signs, some "moderne" store fronts, the real estate developments at the edge of town, but not only the spirit but most of the geography has remained intact, suspended in vitro, surviving without thriving.
The Private World of William Faulkner Coughlan, Robert, 1914- 1953
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Il faut peut-être établir la distinction suivante entre les victoires des deux résidents de Blenheim Palace : les bains de sang de Blenheim et d’ailleurs en 1704 étaient inspirés par le fanatisme religieux et la soif de pouvoir, illustrant ainsi les instincts les plus barbares du genre humain, tandis que la Seconde Guerre mondiale était, pour utiliser une expression moderne, une guerre nécessaire.
Archive 2010-05-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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Jetzt ist sie selbst kanonisiert worden, während Autoren wieder unglaublich biedere, "moderne" Literatur liefern.
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She expanded what was then a company making high-quality, hand-crafted repro Chippendale and Hepplewhite by adding an eclectic mix of Chinese lacquerware, Bauhaus modernism and continental-style "moderne" pieces of her own design.
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Riding down Franklin a litle closer to the Clinton Hill border, on the other hand, I came upon a couple of smaller "moderne" looking buildings whose first floor was a wall of garage doors!
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They feel that they would like the House (and for that matter the Senate) to have a more 'moderne' style.
seanahan commented on the word moderne
"A fourteen-story office block faced with stone the color of a stained shirt collar, its windows bearded with soot, ornamented with a smattering of moderne zigzags, the Kramler stood out as a lone gesture of commercial hopefulness in a block filled with low brick 'taxpayers'..."
"The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay", Michael Chabon, p79
August 10, 2007