Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a foppish manner; in a vain, trifling, or affected manner as to dress or deportment.
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- adverb In a
foppish way.
Etymologies
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Examples
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His blue chaperon, embroidered with a decorative hem, hangs foppishly loose around his shoulders.
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The first person I noticed at Duckie Brown was a tall, foppishly-dressed man wearing a tall hat and painted-on eyebrows who had a distinctive Willy Wonka vibe about him and who seemed to be attracting the cameras.
Una LaMarche: Crashing Fashion Week: Part One Una LaMarche 2010
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A mixed crowd of grim-faced councillors, foppishly dressed young men, and women in carnival-coloured gowns stood about him, and a great puddle of spaniels nosed about his feet.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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A mixed crowd of grim-faced councillors, foppishly dressed young men, and women in carnival-coloured gowns stood about him, and a great puddle of spaniels nosed about his feet.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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"Any kind of work, no trade," he told the agent; and was interrupted by a new-comer, dressed rather foppishly, as some workingmen dress who have instincts for finer things.
Chapter 16 2010
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Anyway, the opening seven-or-so chapters drag, as our three heroes dawdle about in foppishly-named Fal Dara fortress.
Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time 2; The Great Hunt (1990) Adam Roberts 2010
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The first person I noticed at Duckie Brown was a tall, foppishly-dressed man wearing a tall hat and painted-on eyebrows who had a distinctive Willy Wonka vibe about him and who seemed to be attracting the cameras.
Una LaMarche: Crashing Fashion Week: Part One Una LaMarche 2010
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Curtis Armitage-Goode was as foppishly dressed as ever.
The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010
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A staple season upon season from top designers and brands around the globe such as Ralph Lauren, Max Mara, Jones New York, and Brooks Brothers, this iconic idea has been translated from traditional buttoned models with strong peak lapels (think a foppishly worn coat à la that of Annie Hall) to renditions that wink toward modern with hidden zippers and modified funnel necks (offering a more feminine take, unifying perfectly with skirts).
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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Anyway, the opening seven-or-so chapters drag, as our three heroes dawdle about in foppishly-named Fal Dara fortress.
Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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