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foppish

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fop·pish  (fpsh)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fop; dandified.
foppish·ly adv.
foppish·ness n.
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Adj.1.foppish - affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
dandified, dandyish
elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"


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The others were no less ragged and unkempt, even the foppish Will Scarlet being so badly run down at the heel that the court ladies would hardly have had speech with him.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
"Indeed, my dear sir," said Monte Cristo, "you are revoltingly foppish.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
And after that the world grew into a young man and became foppish.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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