adj
chichi
SHEE-shee
adj
1
Fashionable or fancy in a showy, try-hard way.
"The restaurant was a bit too chichi for my taste, with tiny portions and huge prices."
"She rolled her eyes at the chichi boutique hotel."
How to Use Chichi
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishFancy or fashionable in an over-the-top, pretentious way — the opposite of understated.
Common mistake
Usually carries a slightly mocking tone, unlike the more neutral "chic."
Easily confused with
Word Forms
more chichi comparative, chichis plural, most chichi superlative
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Etymology
Borrowed from French chichi, a word for fussy, affected style.