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Etymology

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From dandy +‎ -fication.

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Noun

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dandification (countable and uncountable, plural dandifications)

  1. The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
    • 2010, Graham Robb, Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris, page 122:
      About twenty young men in varying states of dilapidation and dandification sat and sprawled around a table covered in green baize.
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