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Definition of A la mode
1. Adverb. With ice cream on top or on the side. "We served the apple pie a la mode"
2. Adjective. In the current fashion or style.
Similar to: Fashionable, Stylish
Derivative terms: Modishness
Definition of A la mode
1. Adjective. (American English) Served with ice cream. ¹
2. Adverb. In a particular style or fashion. ¹
3. Adjective. Fashionable; in the current style or fashion. ¹
4. Adjective. (American English) Served with ice cream. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of A La Mode
Literary usage of A la mode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1899)
"a la mode COOKERY: UP-TO- DATE RECIPES. With 24 Plates (16 in Colours). Crown 8vo,
5s. net. ... DRINKS a la mode. Fcp. 8vo, Is. 6d. Trevelyan's (Sir 0.0. ..."
2. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1901)
"a la mode COOKERY: UP-TO- DATE RECIPES. With 24 Plates (16 in Colours). ...
DRINKS a la mode. Fcp. 8vo, Is. 6d. Management, etc. De Salis (MRS.)—continued. ..."
3. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1891)
"Entrees a la Mode. Fcp. is. Svo. 6d. Floral Decorations. Fcp. Svo. is. 6d. ...
Pud dings and Pastry a la Mode. Fcp. Svo. is. 6d. Savouries a la Mode. ..."
4. A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1892)
"Works by :— Cakes and Confections a la Mode. Savouries a la Mode. Fcp. 8vo. 1s.
... Puddings and Pastry a la Mode. Fcp. Soups and Dressed Fish a la Hode. ..."
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