The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
adj. Striving to be modern in appearance or style but lacking taste or refinement; pretentious.
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adj. of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes
Word Usage
"By the late 1920s, about a score of companies were mass-producing diners, nearly all in a streamlined art deco style known as moderne, with gleaming stainless-steel exteriors, and insides of polished dark wood and more shiny metal."