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mod (mäd)

noun

any of the young people in England in the mid-1960s noted for their emphasis on stylish dress, often as a symbol of their alienation from conventional society

Etymology: < mod(ern)

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of the mods or the styles they favored
  2. of or relating to anything up-to-date, fashionable, stylish, etc., esp. clothes
mod2 definition

mod

  1. moderate
  2. Music moderato
  3. modern

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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