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dandyism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: D AE1 N D IY0 IH2 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The manners and dress of a dandy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beauism, dandyishness, foppery, foppishness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the manner and dress of a fop or dandy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foppishness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: manner, personal manner

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English dandy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English dandyism From dandy + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պճնամոլություն (pčnamolutʻyun) — acting and dressing like a dandy
  • Finnish: keikarointi — acting and dressing like a dandy