foppery
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foppery
noun fopperies
- The dress or actions of a fop. And it is by their fopperies and their frivolities that we know that their sinister philosophy is sincere; in their lights and garlands and ribbons we read their indwelling despair.
- Stupidity. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, / when we are sick in fortune,–often the surfeit / of our own behavior,–we make guilty of our / disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as / if we were villains by necessity; fools by / heavenly compulsion […]
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noun dress or actions of a fop
| 中文 | 紈絝子弟的穿著 /纨绔子弟的穿著 wánkùzǐdì de chuānzhuó, 紈絝子弟的行為 /纨绔子弟的行为 wánkùzǐdì de xíngwéi |
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| Français | m'as-tu-vu |
| Русский | пижо́нство pižónstvo |
Talk about this word "foppery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foppery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. foppery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/foppery "foppery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/foppery.
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@misc{foppery_2026,
title = {foppery},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foppery},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
