dandy (redirected from dandiest)

dan·dy  (dnd)

n. pl. dan·dies

1. A man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; a fop.

2. Something very good or agreeable.

3. Nautical See yawl.

adj. dan·di·er, dan·di·est

1. Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish.

2. Fine; good.

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[Perhaps short for jack-a-dandy, fop.]

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dandi·ly adv.

dandy·ish adj.

dandy·ish·ly adv.

dandy·ism n.

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dandy¹

n pl -dies

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a man greatly concerned with smartness of dress; beau

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a yawl or ketch

adj -dier, -diest

Informal very good or fine

[perhaps short for jack-a-dandy]

dandily  adv

dandyish  adj

dandyism  n

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dandy²

n

(Medicine / Pathology) another name for dengue

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dandy - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, clotheshorse, dude, swell coxcomb, cockscomb - a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments macaroni - a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
	2.	dandy - a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost yawl sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
Adj.	1.	dandy - very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell, groovy, keen, great, neat colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"

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dandy

noun

fop, beau, swell (informal), blood (rare), buck (archaic), blade (archaic), peacock, dude (U.S. & Canad. informal), toff (Brit. slang), macaroni (obsolete), man about town, fop, popinjay, coxcomb a handsome young dandy

adjective

(Informal) excellent, great, fine, capital, splendid, first-rate Everything's fine and dandy.

Translations

dandy [ˈdændɪ]

A. N (pej) (= man) → dandi m, petimetre m

B. ADJ (esp US) → excelente, chachi(Sp) , macanudo(LAm)
fine and dandy → perfecto

dandy [ˈdændi]

n → dandy m, élégant m

adj (US) (= fine) to be dandy → aller bien
One minute everything is dandy, the next it all goes wrong → Un instant tout va bien, l'instant suivant rien ne va plus.
That'll be just dandy
BUT C'est parfait.
this was all fine and dandy but ... → c'était peut-être parfait mais ...

dandy

n → Dandy m, → Stutzer m (dated), → Geck m (dated)

adj (dated esp US inf) → prima (inf)

dandy [ˈdændɪ]

1. n → dandy m inv, elegantone m

2. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Am) (fam) → fantastico/a

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dandy [ˈdændɪ]

1. n → dandy m inv, elegantone m

2. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Am) (fam) → fantastico/a