dandyish
41Paul's window — A strange phrase found in Chaucer s Miller s Tale used of a pair of shoes worn by a dandyish clerk. The upper parts of these fancy shoes were cut away, somewhat like tracery, allowing the red hose to show through. The reference is to a *rosace in …
42chichi — Synonyms and related words: affected, arabesque, baroque, brave, bravura, braw, busy, dandiacal, dandified, dandyish, daring, dashing, dressy, elaborate, elegant, exhibitionistic, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashing, flashy, flaunting, florid,… …
43mincing — Synonyms and related words: affected, dainty, dandyish, delicate, effeminate, elegant, euphemistic, euphuistic, exquisite, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, foppish, formalistic, fussy, goody good good, goody goody, la di da, namby pamby,… …
44vain — Synonyms and related words: Gascon, abortive, absurd, airy, arrogant, asinine, barren, baseless, boastful, boasting, bootless, bootlessly, braggart, bragging, catchpenny, cocky, complacent, conceited, consequential, counterproductive, coxcombical …
45vain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. proud, conceited; futile, fruitless; trivial. See vanity, uselessness, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Possessing unwarranted self esteem] Syn. proud, arrogant, haughty; see egotistic 2 . 2 …
46dandy — noun (plural dandies) 1》 a man unduly concerned with a stylish and fashionable appearance. 2》 informal, dated an excellent thing of its kind. adjective (dandier, dandiest) N. Amer. informal excellent. Derivatives dandiacal dan dʌɪək(ə)l adjective …
47foppish — a. Dandyish, coxcomical, dandified, vain of dress …
48natty — a. (Colloq.) Neat, spruce, tidy, nice, fine, jaunty, trig, trim, finical, foppish, dandyish …
49spruce — I. a. Neat (without elegance), trim, nice, trig, fine, finical, smart, jaunty, natty, foppish, dandyish, tidy, smug. II. v. n. Prink, dress finically. III. v. a. Trim, deck, dress …
50foppish — adj showy, dandyish, overdressed, dapper, natty, swank, Inf. swell elegant; fastidious, finicky, finical, prinking, preening; pompous, vainglorious, self glorifying; vain as a peacock, self satisfied, Sl. stuck up, Inf. stuck on oneself,… …
