Chicest

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Displaying the greatest degree of style and refinement
2. Representing the pinnacle of fashionable taste and sophistication
3. Exhibiting the highest level of elegance and trendiness

Etymology: "Chicest" is the superlative of "chic", so the story belongs to the base word. The adjective came into English from French "chic", meaning "elegant". French probably borrowed it from German "Schick", which carried the sense of an elegant appearance or tasteful presentation, and the German word is related to a verb meaning "to arrange", which hints at the idea of things put neatly in order. The English word is thus an elegant French loan with a German ancestor, but it has a second, unrelated source that surprises most people. "Chic" is also borrowed from Yucatec Maya "chiʼik", the name of the coati, a raccoon-like mammal of Central America, and that same word meant "buffoon". The two words are unconnected: the fashionable sense comes from European roots, while the animal and its joking nickname come from the Maya language.

Synonyms: most stylish, most fashionable, most elegant, most trendy, most sophisticated

Antonyms: least fashionable, most unfashionable, most outdated, most drab, most plain