dandify

English

Etymology

dandy +‎ -fy

Verb

dandify (third-person singular simple present dandifies, present participle dandifying, simple past and past participle dandified)

1. To dress as, make into, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XVIII, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 167:

     The Major smiled as he saw the boy dandifying himself in the glass: the old gentleman was not displeased with the appearance of the comely lad.

Synonyms

• dandyize (archaic)

Related terms

• dandification

Translations

dress as a dandy

• Bulgarian: наконтвам (nakontvam), натруфвам (natrufvam)