Jemmy-Jessamy en · ADJ
Meanings
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(British, obsolete, slang) Foppish; effeminate; dandyish.
These women were more men than our Jemmy-Jessamy countrymen.
1786, Jacques-Antoine Dulaure, Edward (transl.) Drewe, Pogonologia, Exeter: R. Thorn, page 55:I promise you this was very different language to that she had been in the habit of hearing from her Jemmy-Jessamy adorers.
1844, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 13, in The Luck of Barry Lyndon:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jemmy Jessamy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more Jemmy-Jessamy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most Jemmy-Jessamy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
buckish · dudish · dandy · dandyish · coxcombical · Jemmy-Jessamy · foppy · Woosterian · dandy · dandiacal · lily-handed · foppish · beauish · macaronic · dandyistic · buckish · swellish · dandified