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Definition of Alamode
1. adv. & a. According to the fashion or prevailing mode.
2. n. A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.
Definition of Alamode
1. Noun. a lustrous silk fabric used for headscarves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alamode
1. a silk fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alamode
Literary usage of Alamode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"... best dining-room in Johnson's alamode beef- house in Clare Court, Drury Lane,
and magnificently ordering a small plate of alamode beef to eat with it. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with Characters and by Thomas Davies (1818)
"Mr. Macklin's farce of Love alamode....Its success....Mr. Sheridan's engagement
with the manager! of Drury-lane...Terms of agreement . ..."
3. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"Cousin Holman dines with us, gave him an alamode Scarf. Jany 16. Mr. Webb preaches
from Kom. 8. 1. Finding not Mr. Wadsworth, nor Colman at home, ..."
4. London by Charles Knight (1843)
"At the alamode-beef houses the routine is still more rapid. Here a visitor takes
his seat, and the waiter places before him a knife, a fork, ..."
5. The Young Housekeeper's Friend by Cornelius (1862)
"For a dressing for alamode beef, and stewed lamb, salt pork, chopped fine, i»
substituted for butter, and for a fillet of veal it is very well to make it in ..."
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