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foppish

  • /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/ UK

adjective more foppish · most foppish

  1. Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy. They talked a delicate and elastic Arabic, and were mannered, often foppish, in habit.

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

Opposite: dowdy, dull, modest, prim, prissy, proper, unkempt

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adjective

Opposite: dowdy, dull, modest, prim, prissy, proper, unkempt

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adj like a fop

Españolperipuesto, gomoso, alindado, litri
Françaissoigné
Italianofigurino, damerino, bellimbusto, fighetto
Русскийфатова́тый fatovátyj, пижо́нский pižónskij

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@misc{foppish_2026,
  title = {foppish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foppish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}