Word of the Day 06/06/21 Avant-Garde
Avant-Garde (noun, adjective)
avant-garde [ uh-vahnt-gahrd, uh-vant-, av-ahnt-, ah-vahnt-; French a-vahn-gard ]
noun
1. the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
adjective
2. of or relating to the experimental treatment of artistic, musical, or literary material.
3. belonging to the avant-garde: an avant-garde composer.
4. unorthodox or daring; radical.
OTHER WORDS FROM AVANT-GARDE
a·vant-gard·ist, noun
WORDS RELATED TO AVANT-GARDE
hip, head, liberal, lead, progressive, beat, radical, vanguard, experimental, innovative, new, new wave, state-of-the-art, leading-edge, pioneering
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Origin: 1475–85; in sense “vanguard”; < French: literally, fore-guard. See vanguard
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avant-garde [ uh-vahnt-gahrd, uh-vant-, av-ahnt-, ah-vahnt-; French a-vahn-gard ]
noun
1. the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
adjective
2. of or relating to the experimental treatment of artistic, musical, or literary material.
3. belonging to the avant-garde: an avant-garde composer.
4. unorthodox or daring; radical.
OTHER WORDS FROM AVANT-GARDE
a·vant-gard·ist, noun
WORDS RELATED TO AVANT-GARDE
hip, head, liberal, lead, progressive, beat, radical, vanguard, experimental, innovative, new, new wave, state-of-the-art, leading-edge, pioneering
See synonyms for: avant-garde / avant-gardes on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1475–85; in sense “vanguard”; < French: literally, fore-guard. See vanguard
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.