foppish

English

Etymology

From fop +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Adjective

foppish (comparative more foppish, superlative most foppish)

1. 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

• foppishly
• foppishness
• unfoppish

Translations

like a fop

Bulgarian: контешки (bg) (konteški) Czech: fintivý, parádivý Finnish: keikarimainen French: soigné (fr) Irish: stráiciúil Italian: figurino (it) m, damerino (it) m, bellimbusto (it) m, fighetto m Macedonian: ко́нтешки (kónteški) Polish: dandysowaty (pl), gogusiowaty, lalusiowaty (pl) Russian: фатова́тый (ru) (fatovátyj), пижо́нский (ru) (pižónskij) Spanish: peripuesto, gomoso (es), alindado (es) m, litri