Style

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.

Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.

A pen; an author's pen.

A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.

A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.

A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.

The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.

The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.

Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.

Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result.

Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.

Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty.

A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.

the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma

a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style"

distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"

a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand"