dandy

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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dandy

Noun

pl -dies

a man who is greatly concerned with the elegance of his appearance

Adjective

[-dier, -diest]

Informal very good or fine [origin unknown]

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

adjective 2. (Informal) excellent, great, fine, capital, splendid, first-rate

Translations

dandy [ˈdændɪ] n → dandi m

adj (US) (col) → estupendo

dandy [ˈdændɪ] n → dandy m, élégant m

adj (US) (inf) → fantastique, super

dandy [ˈdændɪ] n → Dandy m

adj (US) (inf) → prima

dandy [ˈdændɪ] n → dandy m inv; elegantone m

adj (US ) (col) → fantastico/a