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

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