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dandy

noun
/ˈdæn.di/

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a "pet"”). Compare English dandle and dander.

  1. derived from दण्डिका
  2. derived from 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀕𑀸
  3. borrowed from डंडी

Definitions

  1. A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely…

    A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

    • The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]
    • No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
    • “Gerald Croft is an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town.”

  2. Something excellent in its class.

  3. A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. A dandy roller.

    2. A small glass of whisky.

      • Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off.

    3. A horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines.

    4. Like a dandy, foppish.

    5. Very good

      Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

      • That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?

    6. Excellent

      Excellent; first-rate.

      • What a dandy little laptop you have.
      • Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.
      • Its gonna be just dandy / The day I take my Candy / And make him mine all mine

    7. A boatman, a rower.

      • Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice.

    8. A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.

      • ...the Dandis, distinguished by carrying a small dand or wand...

    9. An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole…

      An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.

      • 1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:
      • As the darkness closed in... I had to give up the attempt to use the dandy, and struggle on on foot.
      • Major Battye and Captain Urmston joined the rear and placed the wounded man in a dandy.

    10. A surname.

    11. Clipping of Dandenong.

    12. The Dandenong Ranges.

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Derived

apple dandy, dandification, dandify, dandizette, dandy brush, dandy cart, dandydom, dandyess, dandy fever, dandyish, dandyism, dandyize, dandy line, dandyling, dandy roller, dandily, dandiness, dandy as candy, dandy-horse, dandy horse, dandy roll, dandy-roll, dandy-roller, dandy shandy, dandy stick, dandy up, fine and dandy, fine and dandy like sour candy, handy dandy, handy-dandy, jack-a-dandy, jim dandy, jim-dandy, Dandy-Walker malformation, Dandy-Walker syndrome

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