Resume of Eric T. Styles

n.
1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.

2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution characterizing a particular person.

3. A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style.

4. A comfortable and elegant mode of existence.

5. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress.

6. A customary manner of presenting printed material.

7. A form of address; a title.

8. An implement used for etching or engraving.

9. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

10. The needle of a phonograph.

11. The gnomon of a sundial.

12. Botany. The usually slender part of a pistil, situated between the ovary and the stigma.

13. Medicine. A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.

tr.v. styled, styl·ing, styles
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin stylus, pointed instrument used for writing or drawing.