dandydom en · NOUN
Etymology
From dandy + -dom.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The realm or sphere of dandies.
It constitutes, as it were, the dandydom, the fine-ladydom, the ornamental portion of the denomination to which it belongs; the ribbons, and false flowers, and tinsel, and spangles, and gimcracks of the old lady's cap.
1858, The Rambler, page 191: