What does vogued mean?
Vogued is the past tense and past participle of the verb vogue, meaning that something became fashionable or widely popular for a time. In ordinary modern usage it is usually intransitive: a style, look, or idea is the subject, and the word suggests that it was noticed and followed for a while. Thus “the silhouette vogued for a season” means that the silhouette enjoyed a period of fashionability, not that someone deliberately made it fashionable. The verb often carries a slight implication of impermanence or trendiness, making it especially natural in discussion of fashion, popular culture, design, and slang. It is usually informal to mildly literary rather than formal or technical. Though the related noun vogue is now common in editorial and fashion contexts, vogued is more narrative, conveying the movement of a temporary style from novelty to wider popularity.
verbTo be fashionable or popular for a time, especially as a temporary trend.
- To be fashionable or popular for a time, especially as a temporary trend.
"The retro aesthetic vogued briefly before the cycle moved on again."
"The striped suit vogued in the 1980s and later returned."
"That particular phrase vogued briefly on social media before the conversation moved elsewhere."
New York's ballroom scene gave “voguing” its name from this same vocabulary of fashion and style.
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Etymology of vogued
The base verb vogue entered English from French in the late sixteenth century, with French vogue meaning “fashion” or “popularity.” Its deeper roots are associated with Latin vagari, “to wander,” through a word family expressing movement or change. The form vogued is an ordinary inflection of this borrowing rather than a separate lexical acquisition, while the related English words vague, vagrant, vagabond, and vagary preserve elements of the same Latin family.
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How vogued is actually used
Normally used intransitively, with a style, look, phrase, or idea as the subject. It does not ordinarily mean that someone deliberately made something popular. The word is informal to mildly literary and often implies that the popularity was temporary.