Jemmy-Jessamy

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Jemmy-Jessamy

noun Jemmy-Jessamies · Jemmy Jessamy

British, obsolete, slang A dandy; a fop.
Similar: buck, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude

adjective more Jemmy-Jessamy · most Jemmy-Jessamy · Jemmy Jessamy

British, obsolete, slang Foppish; effeminate; dandyish. These women were more men than our Jemmy-Jessamy countrymen.
Similar: dandy, buckish, beauish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandyish, dandyistic, dudish, foppish, foppy, Jemmy-Jessamy

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@misc{jemmy_jessamy_2026,
  title = {Jemmy-Jessamy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jemmy-jessamy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}