Dictionary

foppish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English fop Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English foppish From fop + -ish.

Meanings

1. Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
   • They talked a delicate and elastic Arabic, and were mannered, often foppish, in habit. 1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 148:

Forms

Antonyms

unkempt · modest · prim · dull · prissy · proper · dowdy

Deriveds

foppishly · foppishness · unfoppish

Hypernyms

fashionable · chic · dapper · stylish · well-dressed · trendy

Hyponyms

Chappist

Relateds

effeminate · lazy · fastidious · weak · ineffectual · pretentious · milksoppish · active · witty · vain · timid · smart · superficial · sophisticated

Synonyms

dandy · foppish · dandyish · dandyistic · lily-handed · dandified · dandy · buckish · dandiacal · beauish · Woosterian · buckish · swellish · macaronic · coxcombical · dudish · foppy · Jemmy-Jessamy

Translations (20)

ru пижо́нский (like a fop) · es litri (like a fop) · ga stráiciúil (like a fop) · es alindado (like a fop) · it fighetto (like a fop) · it bellimbusto (like a fop) · it damerino (like a fop) · fi keikarimainen (like a fop) · es gomoso (like a fop) · pl gogusiowaty (like a fop) · pl dandysowaty (like a fop) · fr soigné (like a fop) · pl lalusiowaty (like a fop) · ru фатова́тый (like a fop) · bg контешки (like a fop) · it figurino (like a fop) · cs fintivý (like a fop) · mk ко́нтешки (like a fop) · cs parádivý (like a fop) · es peripuesto (like a fop)