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chichi, n.2 and a.|ˈʃiːˈʃiː|
Also chi-chi.
[Fr.]
A. n. Fuss(iness), excessive refinement; pretentiousness, affected ways.
B. adj. Fussy, precious (see precious a. 3), over-elaborate.
1908Sporting Times 28 Mar. 4/1 Small silk bows, embroidered spots, odd bits of lace sewed on anywhere, are all ‘chichis’—trifles, trumpery adornments... The actress pretending to be down with influenza so as to throw up a part she dislikes creates ‘chichis’;..wee cakes and sandwiches are ‘chichis’; saucy false curles rank as ‘chichis’; elaborate compliments, or the ‘no’ that means ‘yes’, and vice versâ, are all ‘chichis’. 1928W. S. Maugham Ashenden xii. 236 The managers won't be too pleased with me if I make a lot of chichi. 1932N. Mitford Christmas Pudding xiv. 208 A pair of gold hair-brushes, rather chi-chi, but very attractive all the same. 1933R. Aldington All Men are Enemies iii. i. 249 He stepped across the path of crazy pavement (a bit of Margaret's upper-suburban chi-chi). 1934C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 226 It manages to deal with a modern emotional subject without chi-chi, false sentiment or mechanical romanticism. 1937New Statesman 11 Dec. 1007/2 Every manner of eating-house throughout France, from the chi-chi establishment appropriate to the entertainment of a poule de luxe to the obscure provincial bistro. 1942Denton Welch Jrnls. (1952) 28 Sept., Tea with the Graham Sutherlands yesterday... Talk lapsing to chichi quickly and then righting itself in periods of silence. 1951E. Taylor Game of Hide-&-Seek ii. i. 140 Going in gangs to those chichi clubs at Maidenhead. 1961A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo v. 249 Elegance with a touch of chichi. 1969Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 15 The sort of real delicious Italian country cooking that is a revelation after so much chichi Italian food dished up in London. |
