- foppishness
- fop ► NOUN ▪ a man who is excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance.DERIVATIVES foppery noun foppish adjective foppishly adverb foppishness noun.ORIGIN originally in the sense «fool».
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foppishness — index pride Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Foppishness — Foppish Fop pish, a. Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners. Syn: Finical; spruce; dandyish. See {Finical}. {Fop pish*ly}, adv. {Fop pish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foppishness — noun see foppish … New Collegiate Dictionary
foppishness — See foppishly. * * * … Universalium
foppishness — noun The characteristic or quality of being foppish … Wiktionary
foppishness — n. Coxcombry, foppery, dandyism, vanity in dress … New dictionary of synonyms
foppishness — fop·pish·ness … English syllables
foppishness — noun the manner and dress of a fop or dandy • Syn: ↑dandyism • Derivationally related forms: ↑foppish • Hypernyms: ↑manner, ↑personal manner * * * noun see … Useful english dictionary
dandyism — noun the manner and dress of a fop or dandy • Syn: ↑foppishness • Derivationally related forms: ↑foppish (for: ↑foppishness) • Hypernyms: ↑manner, ↑personal m … Useful english dictionary
Coxcombry — Cox comb ry ( r?), n. The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
