fop

fop  (fp)

n.

A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy.

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[Middle English, fool; probably akin to Middle English fob, trickster, cheat; see fob².]

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fop

Noun

a man who is excessively concerned with fashion [perhaps from Middle English foppe fool]

foppery n
foppish adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fop - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance dandy, fashion plate, gallant, sheik, dude, beau, clotheshorse, 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"