Style

stīl, n. anything long and pointed, esp. a pointed tool for engraving or writing: manner of writing, mode of expre ing thought in language: the distinctive manner peculiar to an author: characteristic or peculiar mode of expre ion and execution (in the fine arts): title: mode of addre : practice, esp. in a law-court: manner: form: fashion: mode of reckoning time— Old Style , when the system follows the Julian calendar, as still in Ru ia, and in England before 2d September 1752; New Style , when the system follows the Greg or i an calendar (eleven days were omitted, thus the 3d September became the 14th): the pin of a dial: ( bot. ) the middle portion of the pistil, between the ovary and the stigma (see Pistil ).— v.t. to entitle in addre ing or speaking of: to name or designate.— adjs. Sty′lar , pertaining to the pin of a dial; Sty′late , like a style, styliform.— n. Sty′let , a stiletto: the perforator of a trocar, a probe: a little style.— adjs. Sty′let i form , shaped like a stylet; Stylif′erous , having a style, stylate; Sty′liform , style-shaped; Sty′lish , displaying style: fashionable: showy: pretending to style.— adv. Sty′lishly .— ns. Sty′lishne ; Sty′list , one with a distinctive and fine literary style.— adj. Stylist′ic .— adv. Stylist′ically .— adj. Sty′loid , resembling a style or pen.— n. Sty′lus , a style, pen. [Fr.,—L. stilus .]