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dollarette style

dollarette style

9.9
A style of dress for young girls with small, pretty details like a doll's clothes
  • noun
translation icon : estilo dollarette
  • She wore a lovely dollarette style outfit for her birthday.

Examples

  • The boutique specializes in clothes that reflect the dollarette style popular among young girls.

  • Many parents choose the dollarette style for their daughters' party dresses.

  • The fashion designer launched a new collection inspired by the dollarette style.

  • Many young girls love wearing dollarette styles at parties.

  • Many parents choose the dollarette style for their daughters' party dresses.

  • The boutique specializes in clothes that reflect the dollarette style popular among young girls.

  • Many young girls love wearing dollarette styles at parties.

Synonyms

girlie style
vsdollarette style
  • Informal
7.3

A pretty, soft look with pastel colors, floral patterns, and playful details

focuses on childlike toylike designs rather than general feminine motifs

How Childlike

dollarette style
9.9
playfulness
8 2.5
youthful
85 3.1
mature
199 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

dollarette + style

The noun 'style' is transparent, but the key constituent 'dollarette' is not listed and appears to be a nonce or derived form (doll + diminutive suffix -ette) meaning 'doll-like' or 'reminiscent of a doll'. A B1 learner who recognizes the morphological clue (-ette) might infer 'doll-like style', but many learners will not know that suffix or the coined form, so the overall meaning is only partially predictable.

Etymology

Dollarette style comes from clothes that look like a doll's tiny dress, with frills, bows and pretty details. One popular image is that these outfits remind people of 'dolls' clothing', so the term now means a 'style of dress' for 'young girls' that is youthful and decorative.