poshness

poshness
posh informal ADJECTIVE 1) elegant or stylishly luxurious. 2) chiefly Brit. upper-class.
ADVERB Brit. in an upper-class way.
VERB (posh up) Brit. smarten (something) up.
DERIVATIVES poshly adverb poshness noun.
ORIGIN perhaps from obsolete slang posh «a dandy»; there is no evidence for the well-known theory that posh is formed from the initials of port out starboard home (referring to the more comfortable accommodation, out of the heat of the sun, on ships between England and India).

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