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dandyish

adj

Etymology

From dandy + -ish.

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

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.

    • The latter was a stranger to him but in the darkness, by the aid of the glowing cigarette tips, he could make out a pale dandyish face over which a smile was travelling slowly, a tall overcoated figure and a hard hat.
    • His clothes were sombre, clean but not immaculate, pressed, but yesterday perhaps not today. In short, neither slovenly nor dandyish.
    • As he crossed the drawing room he acknowledged himself with a flattered smile in a mirror. He was wearing a wing collar, and something dandyish in him, some memory of the licence and discipline of being in a play, lifted his mood.

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