different between fashionable vs irresistable

English

Etymology

fashion +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæ??n?bl?/

Adjective

fashionable (comparative more fashionable, superlative most fashionable)

1. Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.

   Synonyms: styleworthy; see also Thesaurus:fashionable

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:unfashionable

2. Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.

3. (archaic) genteel; well-bred

Derived terms

• fashionably

Descendants

• ? Danish: fashionabel
• ? French: fashionable
• ? German: fashionable

Translations

Noun

fashionable (plural fashionables)

1. A fashionable person; a fop.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dandy

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English fashionable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.??.nabl/

Adjective

fashionable (plural fashionables)

1. (dated) fashionable

Further reading

• “fashionable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Alternative forms

• fashionabel

Etymology

Borrowed from English fashionable.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fashionable (comparative fashionabler, superlative am fashionabelsten)

1. fashionable

   Synonym: modisch

Further reading

• “fashionable” in Duden online

English

Adjective

irresistable (comparative more irresistable, superlative most irresistable)

1. Dated form of irresistible.
   • 1895, Medical Review (volumes 30-31, page 423)

     The victim is an irresistable, insane subject of the peculiar trance, oblivious to his acts, and ofttimes unconscious of them afterward. During the attack he is in no way the same actor.

Further reading

• irresistable at OneLook Dictionary Search
• irresistable, irresistible at Google Ngram Viewer