classy
stylish, high-quality
TRANSLATION
classy = stilvoll, elegant, edel --- GOOGLE INDEX classy: approximately 132,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Tom Cruise's style is always a perfect mixture of preppy, sporty and CLASSY.
(Fox News)
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I try to dress CLASSY and dance cheesy.
(South Korean rapper and Internet video phenomenon Psy)
(Fox News)
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I try to dress CLASSY and dance cheesy.
(South Korean rapper and Internet video phenomenon Psy)
Did you
know?
classy
adjective
- of high quality, rank, or grade; stylish
(Random House Dictionaries)
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While the first use of the adjective "classy" was recorded in the late 19th century, the root word "class" has a much longer history.
In the 5th century B.C. when Rome was still ruled by a monarchy, Servius Tullius served as Rome's 6th and next-to-last king. Tullius was a popular king who was responsible for several key reforms that eventually led to the abolition of the monarchy and creation of the Roman Republic.
In addition to creating Rome's first true coinage system, Tullius also instituted the Roman class system, which he did by carrying out probably the world's first census. The system divided Rome's citizens into six "classis," essentially for the purposes of taxation.
The Latin word "classis," which was also used in English with the same spelling for a number of centuries, eventually made its way via the French "classe" into English with the modern spelling "class." In the 17th century class began to be used to describe categories of various things, eventually creating others terms such as classification, classify and classical.
Classy first appeared around 1890 in the sense of something of high class. Modern usage relates not only to being stylish and fashionable, but also to a person who exhibits excellent personal qualities (He's a classy guy. She's a classy manager).
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SYNONYMS
chic, dashing, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, high-class, in, in vogue, mod, modish, posh, select, sharp, superior, swank, swanky, tony, uptown
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"We went to a classy restaurant to celebrate our anniversary."
adjective
- of high quality, rank, or grade; stylish
(Random House Dictionaries)
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While the first use of the adjective "classy" was recorded in the late 19th century, the root word "class" has a much longer history.
In the 5th century B.C. when Rome was still ruled by a monarchy, Servius Tullius served as Rome's 6th and next-to-last king. Tullius was a popular king who was responsible for several key reforms that eventually led to the abolition of the monarchy and creation of the Roman Republic.
In addition to creating Rome's first true coinage system, Tullius also instituted the Roman class system, which he did by carrying out probably the world's first census. The system divided Rome's citizens into six "classis," essentially for the purposes of taxation.
The Latin word "classis," which was also used in English with the same spelling for a number of centuries, eventually made its way via the French "classe" into English with the modern spelling "class." In the 17th century class began to be used to describe categories of various things, eventually creating others terms such as classification, classify and classical.
Classy first appeared around 1890 in the sense of something of high class. Modern usage relates not only to being stylish and fashionable, but also to a person who exhibits excellent personal qualities (He's a classy guy. She's a classy manager).
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SYNONYMS
chic, dashing, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, high-class, in, in vogue, mod, modish, posh, select, sharp, superior, swank, swanky, tony, uptown
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"We went to a classy restaurant to celebrate our anniversary."
