dandyish
51mincing — adj 1.(of gait, speech, behavior, etc.) dainty, overdainty, precious, sweet, effeminate, feminine, womanish, girlish, sissyish, sissy, pussyfooting, namby pamby, niminy piminy, Sl. cutesy; dandified, dandyish, foppish, coxcombic, coxcombical;… …
52vain — adj 1. worthless, nugatory, trivial, insignificant, trifling, unimportant, inessential, valueless, meritless, good for nothing; empty, hollow, idle, inane, vapid; inadequate, unserviceable; unsubstantial, unreal, false, baseless, delusive,… …
53dandy — I. /ˈdændi / (say dandee) noun (plural dandies) 1. a man who is excessively concerned about clothes and appearance; fop. 2. Colloquial something very fine or first rate. 3. Nautical a yawl with a jigger mast aft on which a mizzen lugsail is set.… …
54dandy — ► NOUN (pl. dandies) ▪ a man unduly concerned with a stylish and fashionable appearance. ► ADJECTIVE (dandier, dandiest) informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▪ excellent. DERIVATIVES dandyish adjective. ORIGIN …
55dandiacal — [dan dī′ə kəl] adj. Literary dandyish …
56dandy — [dan′dē] n. pl. dandies [< ? playful Scot form of Andy < Andrew: see MERRY ANDREW] 1. a) a man who pays too much attention to his clothes and appearance; fop b) a meticulously well dressed man 2. a kind of British yawl or ketch 3 …
57dandified — adjective affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner • Syn: ↑dandyish, ↑foppish • Similar to: ↑elegant • Derivationally related forms: ↑foppishness (for: ↑foppish …
58dandy — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) 1 a man unduly devoted to style, smartness, and fashion in dress and appearance. 2 colloq. an excellent thing. adj. (dandier, dandiest) esp. US colloq. very good of its kind; splendid, first rate. Phrases and idioms: dandy… …
59foppish — adjective affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑dandified, ↑dandyish • Similar to: ↑elegant • Derivationally related forms: ↑foppishness …
60lardy-dardy — |lärdē|därdē, |lȧdē|dȧdē, di...di adjective Etymology: imitative (of an affected manner of speech) slang : languidly and affectedly dandyish compare la di da …
