style

French

noun
Definitions
  • style (manner of doing something)
  • (botany) style (of a flower)
  • fashion, trend, style
  • (colloquial) style (personal comportment)
  • flair
  • (art) style; method characteristic of an artist; artistic manner or characteristic by which an artistic movement may be defined
  • gnomon, style (needle of a sundial)
  • (dated) stylus, style (implement for writing on tablets)
  • complement of jargon particular to a field; style (manner of writing specific to a field or discipline)
  • sort, type; category of things

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stilus (stylus, pale, spike, act of setting down in writing, composition, stem of a plant, characteristic mode of expression, style, pointed instrument, stake, writing tool).

Origin

Latin

stilus

Gloss

stylus, pale, spike, act of setting down in writing, composition, stem of a plant, characteristic mode of expression, style, pointed instrument, stake, writing tool

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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