chichi

muodinmukainen henkilö

ajanmukaisuus

hienosteleva affectedly trendy; chic and stylish

"Going in gangs to those chichi clubs at Maidenhead." --E. Taylor, Game of Hide-&-Seek

"Whether the chichi gender theorists like it or not, sexual duality is a law of nature among all highly evolved life forms." --w:Camille Paglia|Camille Paglia

"The sort of real delicious Italian country cooking that is a revelation after so much chichi Italian food dished up in London."--Daily Telegraph, January 22, 1969

"Judith Hope -- who lives in East Hampton, where the Clintons have a lot of chichi friends -- has been getting ink by the barrelful with her regular interviews quoting conversations with the first lady, on subjects ranging from Senate ambitions to summer and post-White House living arrangements." --Washington Post, June 4, 1999

He rubbed his hands with Bag Balm to help the cuts heal and keep the skin soft, a trick he'd learned from his grandmother, who told him when he was eighteen and getting ready for a date that no woman wanted to feel rough hands scratching up her chichis.

And later, in Latin Grill Express, Jesus makes sure to compliment her accent, her vocabulary, to express admiration for the way her chichis looked in the last dress all over again, then Sarah asks about his plans for work, what he will do when they all leave.

Perro o perra. chichi. ytzcuintli.

(l) o (l). chichi. ytzcuintli.

(Dog or bitch. chichi. ytzcuintli.)

Chichi.perro,o perra.

(Chichi. a dog or a bitch.)

Mamar. ni,chichi.

Faire des chichis à propos de rien...

les Américains, qui sapprêtent à prendre la succession de la civilisation, n'en sont encore au stade que du faux luxe et du brillant et du chichi des empaquetages en papier de cellophane.'' (Blaise Cendrars, Bourlinguer, 1948)

Je ne connais pas une fille plus apprêtée, plus chichi, plus maniérée. (Sacha Guitry, Le Veilleur de nuit, 1911)