dandy
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin.
Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a "pet"”). Compare English dandle and dander.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdandy (plural dandies)
- A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dandy
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 60, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter VI, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 68:
- No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
- 1945, J. B. Priestley, chapter I, in An Inspector Calls:
- “Gerald Croft is an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town.”
- (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
- A dandy roller.
- (UK, Ireland, slang, archaic) A small glass of whisky.
- 1844, William Jesse, The life of George Brummell, page 57:
- Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Dutch: dandy
- → Esperanto: dando
- → Finnish: dandy
- → French: dandy
- → German: Dandy
- → Japanese: ダンディ, ダンディー
- → Limburgish: dèndie
- → Polish: dandy
- → Spanish: dandy
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See also
editAdjective
editdandy (comparative dandier, superlative dandiest)
- Like a dandy, foppish.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:foppish
- Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
- Synonyms: all very well, well and good
- That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?
- Excellent; first-rate.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent
- What a dandy little laptop you have.
- 1924, Boys' Life, page 27:
- Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.
- 1945, Mack David, Alex C Kramer, Joan Whitney (lyrics and music), “Candy”, performed by Nat King Cole:
- Its gonna be just dandy / The day I take my Candy / And make him mine all mine
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editTranslations
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Dutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.di/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dan‧dy
Noun
editdandy m (plural dandy's, diminutive dandy'tje n)
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdandy
Declension
editInflection of dandy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | dandy | dandyt | |
genitive | dandyn | dandyjen | |
partitive | dandyä | dandyjä | |
illative | dandyyn | dandyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | dandy | dandyt | |
accusative | nom. | dandy | dandyt |
gen. | dandyn | ||
genitive | dandyn | dandyjen | |
partitive | dandyä | dandyjä | |
inessive | dandyssä | dandyissä | |
elative | dandystä | dandyistä | |
illative | dandyyn | dandyihin | |
adessive | dandyllä | dandyillä | |
ablative | dandyltä | dandyiltä | |
allative | dandylle | dandyille | |
essive | dandynä | dandyinä | |
translative | dandyksi | dandyiksi | |
abessive | dandyttä | dandyittä | |
instructive | — | dandyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “dandy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdandy m (plural dandys or dandies)
- dandy
- 1864, Charles Baudelaire, Mon cœur mis à nu:
- Le dandy doit aspirer à être sublime, sans interruption. Il doit vivre et dormir devant un miroir.
- The dandy must aspire to be constantly sublime. He must live and sleep in front of a mirror.
Further reading
edit- “dandy”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editAlternative forms
edit- dandy
Etymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English dandy.
Noun
editdandy m (uncountable)
Declension
editSpanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English dandy.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdandy m (plural dandys)
Usage notes
editAccording to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
edit- “dandi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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