dapperness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English dapper Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dapperness From dapper + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being dapper.
‘But I just adore his dapperness. Heʼs terribly dapper.’
2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 119: