stilish

English

Etymology

From stile +‎ -ish.

Adjective

stilish (comparative more stilish, superlative most stilish)

1. Obsolete form of stylish.
   • [1799], Charles Dibdin, “Ballad. In Great News.”, in A Collection of Songs, Selected from the Works of Mr. Dibdin, volume IV, London: […] the Author […], stanza IV, page 34:

     So come round me ye ſportſmen that’s ſmart and what not, / All ſtiliſh and cutting a flaſh, / When your piece won’t kill game, charged with powder and ſhot, / To bring ’em down, down with your caſh; […]

   • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 133:

     Did you ever see her? a smart, stilish girl they say, but not handsome.

   • 1813, Thomas Morton, Education: A Comedy, in Five Acts. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden., London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], page 53:

     One must load these literary gentlemen; for a fashionable author is, now, become as necessary an appendage to a stilish party as a confectioner; or, a Bow-street officer—(going to the table).