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chichi (SHEE-shee) adjective

   Affectedly elegant.

noun

   1. Showy stylishness

   2. A person with such quality.

[From French.]

   "If all that sounds too chichi, get back to basics with the traditional
   present - socks ..."
   Bazaar, The Independent (London), Nov 2, 1996.

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No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that
he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four
thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property. -Charles Dudley
Warner, editor, and publisher (1829-1900)

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Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/chichi.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/chichi.ram