swank

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  1. adjective Imposingly fashionable or elegant; grand. See Synonyms at fashionable.
  2. adjective Ostentatious; pretentious.
  3. noun Smartness in style or bearing; elegance.
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  • The test plane is swank -- a 737-400 with all first-class seating -- but the service is the same on this flight as on the several planes on two routes of Lufthansa service. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • The fully stocked bar at Lincoln was pretty swank, and we put back a couple drinks while taking in the view. —  Jalopnik
  • During an informal party inside Verizon Communications CIO Shaygan Kheradpir's swank, 38th flr, Manhattan apartment, Verizon execs demonstrated new tools that will let FiOS TVcustomers use ... —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • But times (and bank accounts) being what they are, my Cup O 'Noodle alternatives are going to be a bit less swank - though no less tasty. —  San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories
  • This was very swank, more Chinese than Japanese in style, complete with koi pond, right in the middle of the airport. —  jlake.com
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  1. Perhaps akin to Middle High German swanken, to swing.

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  1. Not found in Middle English; in Anglo-Saxon only in the form swanoor, swoncor = Middle High German swankel, pliant, bending; in the simpler form, Middle High German swane, swank, German schwank, pliant, = Icelandic svangr, thin, slender, slim; cf. Middle Dutch swanck, swinging, vibration, swancken, bend, swing, vibrate; from the root of Anglo-Saxon swingan, swincan, etc., swing: see swing, swink. Cf. swamp.
 

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