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adj
Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: dandiacal, foppish, beauish, buckish, coxcombical, dandified, dandy, dandyish, dandyistic, dudish, foppy, Jemmy-Jessamy, lily-handed, macaronic, swellish, Woosterian
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dandified, foppish
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English dandy Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English dandyish From dandy + -ish.
