foppish

English

Etymology

From fop +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Adjective

foppish (comparative more foppish, superlative most foppish)

1. Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
   • 1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 148:

     They talked a delicate and elastic Arabic, and were mannered, often foppish, in habit.

Synonyms

• dandy

Translations

like a fop

• Bulgarian: контешки (bg) (konteški)
• Czech: fintivý, parádivý
• Finnish: keikarimainen
• French: soigné (fr)
• Irish: stráiciúil
• Italian: figurino (it) m, damerino (it) m, bellimbusto (it) m, fighetto m
• Macedonian: ко́нтешки (kónteški)
• Polish: dandysowaty (pl), gogusiowaty, lalusiowaty (pl)
• Russian: фатова́тый (ru) (fatovátyj), пижо́нский (ru) (pižónskij)
• Spanish: peripuesto, gomoso (es), alindado (es) m, litri