1
: elegant, fashionable
a posh restaurant
2
British : typical of or intended for the upper classes : highfalutin
posh accents
poshly adverb
poshness noun

Examples of posh in a Sentence

They live in a posh neighborhood. The family is very posh.
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James Mangold is sitting comfortably in a posh London hotel sipping tea. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024 One by one, however, as the event’s end time inched near, attendees headed back down to the posh hotel’s lobby—those clad in the brand’s new garb surely among the best dressed in the establishment. Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024 Detectives launched a homicide investigation on Monday after discovering a woman's body in a guest room at a posh Water Mill resort in the Hamptons. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024 Etihad will offer four weekly flights to Atlanta on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, on its posh Airbus A350 jets beginning July 2, 2025. Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for posh 

Word History

Etymology

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First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of posh was in 1914

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“Posh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posh. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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