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FOPPISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foppish mean?
• FOPPISH (adjective)
The adjective FOPPISH has 1 sense:
1. affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
Familiarity information: FOPPISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
Synonyms:
Similar:
elegant (refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style)
Derivation:
foppishness (the manner and dress of a fop or dandy)
Context examples
He had evidently been in his bed when the alarm had broken out, for he wore a foppish, embroidered nightshirt, and his bare feet projected from his trousers.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Following Sir Nigel's counsel, they pressed on upon foot until they were close to the prince's secretary, who was in high debate with a young and foppish knight, who was bent upon making his way past him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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