foppish
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃ
Adjective
foppish (comparative more foppish, superlative most foppish)
- Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
- Synonyms: dandy, buckish; see also Thesaurus:foppish
- 1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 148:
- They talked a delicate and elastic Arabic, and were mannered, often foppish, in habit.
Derived terms
Translations
like a fop
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