alamode

See also: a la mode and à la mode

English

Etymology

From à la mode.

Noun

alamode (countable and uncountable, plural alamodes)

1. A lustrous silk fabric used for headscarves.

Adjective

alamode (comparative more alamode, superlative most alamode)

1. Alternative form of a la mode
   • 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:

     Once, I remember carrying my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped in a piece of paper, like a book, and going to a famous alamode beef-house near Drury Lane, and ordering a 'small plate' of that delicacy to eat with it.

Adverb

alamode (comparative more alamode, superlative most alamode)

1. Alternative form of a la mode