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dandizette

noun

Etymology

From dandy + -ette.

  1. derived from दण्डिका
  2. derived from 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀕𑀸
  3. borrowed from डंडी
  4. suffixed as dandizette — “dandy + ette”

Definitions

  1. A female dandy.

    • The accompanying cut is from a rather broadly caricatured print of a dandizette of the year 1819.
    • Men are, perhaps, slower in following new modes than women, and more averse to making themselves ridiculous ; but a dandy is an inferior specimen of human nature to a dandizette — as some old song calls the female of the species.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA