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Definitions for foppish
ˈfɒp ɪʃfop·pish

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dandified, dandyish, foppishadjective

    affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

Wiktionary

  1. foppishadjective

    Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Foppishadjective

    Etymology: from fop.

    Fools ne’er had less grace in a year;
    For wise men are grown foppish,
    And know not how their wits to wear,
    Their manners are so apish. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    With him the present still some virtues have;
    The vain are sprightly, and the stupid grave;
    The slothful negligent, the foppish neat;
    The lewd are airy, and the sly discreet. Samuel Garth, Dispensat.

    The Romans grew extremely expensive and foppish in this article; so that the emperor Aurelian forbid men that variety of colours on their shoes, allowing it still to women. Arbuth.

Wikipedia

  1. foppish

    Fop became a pejorative term for a man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England. Some of the many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning 'parrot'), dandy, fashion-monger, and ninny. Macaroni was another term of the 18th century more specifically concerned with fashion. The pejorative term today carries the connotation of a person, usually male, who is overly concerned with trivial matters (especially matters of fashion) and who affects elite social standing. The term also appears in reference to deliberately camp styles based on eighteenth-century looks.

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  1. foppish

    Foppish refers to a person, particularly a man, who is excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance, in an affected or vain way. It is often used to describe someone displaying exaggerated elegance or sophistication, typically seen as foolish or silly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Foppishadjective

    foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of foppish in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of foppish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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