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Definition of Foppishness
1. Noun. The manner and dress of a fop or dandy.
Definition of Foppishness
1. Noun. The characteristic or quality of being foppish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foppishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foppishness
Literary usage of Foppishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"... s. réduction d'un métal en foppishness, a. impertinence, vanité, ot- tentation,
élégance affecté*, t —, conj. car, aussi bien feuilles, ..."
2. The Irish Quarterly Review (1858)
"The English poet, Gray, made himself remarkable by the foppishness of his manners
and dress; a foppishness which he tarried almost to folly. ..."
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