dandiacal en · ADJ
Meanings
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Dandyish; like a dandy.
For in him the dandiacal temper had been absolute hitherto, quite untainted and unruffled.
1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:That open neck that met with Hilton Kramer's bourgeois disapproval, like the Harley Davidson Bob affected, may remind us of that ocker strain which the dandiacal Barry Humphries caught in his comment: "There is no truth in the rumour that Les Patterson has been admitted to a funny farm and has changed his name to Robert Hughes."
2010, Peter Coleman, Quadrant, March 2010, No. 464 (Volume LIV, Number 3), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 87
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dandical | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most dandiacal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more dandiacal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
dandy · dandified · buckish · macaronic · dandyish · beauish · Woosterian · dudish · dandyish · foppy · dandiacal · foppish · lily-handed · swellish · dandyistic · dudish · coxcombical · Jemmy-Jessamy