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Word: Posh
Speech Type: Adjective
early 20th century: perhaps from slang posh, denoting either a dandy or a coin of small value. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that posh is formed from the initials of port out starboard home (referring to the more comfortable accommodation, out of the heat of the sun, on ships between England and India)
pɒʃ
elegant or stylishly luxurious
Short Definition:elegant or stylishly luxurious
Examples:- a posh hotel
Word: Posh
Speech Type: Adverb
pɒʃ
in a refined or upper-class way
Short Definition:in upper-class way
Examples:- he may talk posh, but there is nothing fancy about Basil
Word: Posh
Speech Type: Noun
pɒʃ
the quality of being elegant, stylish, or upper class
Short Definition:quality of being posh
Examples:- we finally bought a colour TV, which seemed the height of posh
Word: Posh
Speech Type: Verb
pɒʃ
smarten someone or something up
Short Definition:smarten something up
Examples:- we will be getting all poshed up for the company summer ball
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