fop
nounUK /fɒp/ · US /fɑp/
Etymology From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”). Akin to German foppen (“to jeer”).
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Dated A vain man; a dandy.
- And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like: