Definitions
imposingly fashionable and elegant
Word origin
From dialectal swank (“to strut, behave ostentatiously”), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English root, derived from Proto-Germanic *swankijaną (“to cause to sway, swing”) or from Proto-Germanic *swankaz (“lithe, bendsome, slender”), related to the Scots swank and the Middle High German swanken, modern German schwanken (“to sway”).
Used in a sentence
“"You live in that swank apartment round the corner." "Yes." "Hey you must be rich."”
“You know it's swank when … It's very shiny / It's very tan / It's got Royale in its name”
“Mr. Heinz belonged to a very swank club in Pittsburgh.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Fashionable elegance”5 letters
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