A la mode (1641)

Thu Oct 9 20:45:02 UTC 2003

   OED and Merriam-Webster have 1649 or 1650 for "a la mode" (no "pie").  EARLY ENGLISH BOOKS ONLINE will be getting some improvements in November, but we can still beat the word wizards.

Author: Robinson, Henry, 1605?-1664?
Title: Englands safety in trades encrease most humbly presented to the high court of Parliament / by Henry Robinson ...
Publication date: 1641.
ENGLANDS SAFETY IN TRADES ENCREASE.
â€¢ ... ns, and what else is deem'd requi|site to the accomplish't apparelling (so thought at present) Ã  la mode, wherein all Europe speake true French though not the same Dialect, for where all us ...