dudish

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dudish

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From dude + -ish.

adjective more dudish · most dudish

  1. dated Like a dude or dandy; foppish; fastidious about personal appearance. He was a stiff-collar, high-headed fellow, of good intellect and had rather a dudish appearance. He went gentlemanly dressed in East Virginia style, wore a high-top silk hat, as had lawyer Park, and sported a gold headed walking cane.

    Similar: dandyish, buckish, beauish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandy, dandyistic, dudish, foppish, foppy, Jemmy-Jessamy

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@misc{dudish_2026,
  title = {dudish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dudish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}