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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 118 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHIC (a See also:French word, either a shortened See also:form of See also:chicane, or derived from the Ger. Schick, tact or skill)  , a See also:term properly used, in See also:French See also:artistic See also:slang, of a See also:work of See also:art possessing brilliant but superficial technical ability, or of one executed without reference to a See also:model or study of nature . The use of the word in French See also:dates from the reign of See also:Louis XIV. and then denoted a lawyer who was See also:master of " See also:chicane." " See also:Chic," in See also:general use, now connotes "smartness," in See also:dress, speech, &c .

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