posh definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1918 1. elegant, fashionable < a posh restaurant > 2. British typical of or intended for the upper classes ; highfalutin < posh accents > • poshly adverb • poshness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & adv ... of or associated with the upper classes (spoke with a posh accent). --adv. in a stylish or upper-class way ( ...
... 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish] n 1: a brushing or rustling sound v 1 ... hissing, homosexual, hush, hushing, in, kinky, lap, lisp, plash, plush, posh, purl, queer, rhonchus, ripple, ritzy, rustle, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate ...
... taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the ... natty, neat, new, new-fashioned, newfangled, no mean, ostentatious, politic, posh, pretentious, professional, proficient, quick, quite some, rakish, ready, resourceful, ritzy ...