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Definition of Dandyisms
1. dandyism [n] - See also: dandyism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandyisms
Literary usage of Dandyisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1900)
"A few chapters dealing with the subject of the hero's adventures and misadventures,
his futile achievements and his ignominious failures, his dandyisms and ..."
2. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"... would bo degrading civilization into Turkish barbarity. YOUNG COURTLY. Oh !
that such a GRACE. No. It never did — lii» most of our literary dandyisms ..."
3. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century by John Ashton (1883)
"... and it is somewhat curious to note that poodles, over 200 years since, were
shaved so as to conserve the lionlike mane, although the dandyisms of tufts ..."
4. Mezzotints in Modern Music: Brahms, Tschaïkovsky, Chopin, Richard Strauss by James Huneker (1899)
"... sicklied by the impertinences and affectations of the Herz-Parisian school;
despite the morbidities and occasional dandyisms of Chopin's style he was, ..."
5. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century by John Ashton (1883)
"... were shaved so as to conserve the lionlike mane, although the dandyisms of
tufts on the legs and tail seem to have been reserved for a later era. ..."
6. Books in General: By Solomon Eagle [pseud.] by John Collings Squire (1920)
"... with roses; dandyisms and delicacies were accumulated from all the centuries,
from Theocritus to Petronius, from Ronsard to Brummel and d'Orsay. ..."
7. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1894)
"... there was a proper system of drill with thirteen words of command, for the
wielding of ladle, sponge, and rammer; and there were little dandyisms and ..."
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