[Ads-l] Curious OED Entry for "Styling"

[Dennis During]

Are they referring to attributive use of the noun? "Styling" isnt a true
adjective, eg, not readily modified by 'too' or 'very'.

Dennis C. During

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:37 Shapiro, Fred <
00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> There is something that strikes me as curious about the OED entry for
> "styling, noun."  There is an "Additional Sense" meaning "fashionable or
> stylish."  Isn't this an adjective rather than a noun?  All of the
> citations use the word as an adjective.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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