FOPPISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foppishness mean? 

• FOPPISHNESS (noun)
  The noun FOPPISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. the manner and dress of a fop or dandy

  Familiarity information: FOPPISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOPPISHNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The manner and dress of a fop or dandy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dandyism; foppishness

Hypernyms ("foppishness" is a kind of...):

manner; personal manner (a way of acting or behaving)

Derivation:

foppish (affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner)

 Context examples 

His hair, too, as he swept off his very curly-brimmed hat, was grizzled round the edges and thin upon the top. As to his dress, it was careful to the verge of foppishness, with high collar, black frock-coat, white waistcoat, yellow gloves, patent-leather shoes, and light-coloured gaiters.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)