foppish

adj

foppish

adj

UK /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/

Etymology From fop + -ish.

1

Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.

They talked a delicate and elastic Arabic, and were mannered, often foppish, in habit.1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 148:

Synonyms: beauish, buckish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandy, dandyish, dandyistic, dudish, foppish, foppy, Jemmy-Jessamy, lily-handed, macaronic, swellish, Woosterian
Antonyms: dowdy, dull, modest, prim, prissy, proper, unkempt
Derived terms: foppishly, foppishness, unfoppish
Related terms: active, effeminate, fastidious, ineffectual, lazy, milksoppish, pretentious, smart, sophisticated, superficial, timid, vain, weak, witty
Hypernyms: chic, dapper, fashionable, stylish, trendy, well-dressed
Hyponyms: Chappist

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