Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - style

 adjective or adverb combining form being in the style of a Beaujolais~ wine STYLE  I. noun  Etymology: Middle English stile, ~, from Latin stilus spike, stem, stylus, ~ of writing; perhaps akin to Latin instigare to goad — more at stick  Date: 14th century  1. designation, title  2.  a. a distinctive manner of expression (as in writing or speech) writes with more attention to ~ than to content the flowery ~ of 18th century prose  b. a distinctive manner or custom of behaving or conducting oneself the formal ~ of the court his ~ is abrasive; also a particular mode of living in high ~  c. a particular manner or technique by which something is done, created, or performed a unique ~ of horseback riding the classical ~ of dance  3.  a. stylus  b. gnomon 1b  c. the filiform usually elongated part of the pistil bearing a stigma at its apex — see flower illustration  d. a slender elongated process (as a bristle) on an animal  4. a distinctive quality, form, or type of something a new dress ~ the Greek ~ of architecture  5.  a. the state of being popular ; fashion clothes that are always in ~  b. fashionable elegance  c. beauty, grace, or ease of manner or technique an awkward moment she handled with ~  6. a convention with respect to spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and typographic arrangement and display followed in writing or printing  Synonyms: see fashion  • ~less adjective  • ~lessness noun  II. transitive verb  (~d; styling)  Date: circa 1580  1. to call or designate by an identifying term ; name  2.  a. to give a particular ~ to  b. to design, make, or arrange in accord with the prevailing mode  • ~r noun