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preppy
or prep·pie
[ prep-ee ]
noun
, plural prep·pies.
- a person who is a student at or a graduate of a preparatory school.
- a person who favors or is viewed as favoring clothing style or behavior associated with traditional preparatory schools.
adjective
, prep·pi·er, prep·pi·est.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of preparatory schools or their students.
- of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or being a style in dress or mode of behavior of a preppy.
preppy
/ ˈprɛpɪ /
adjective
- characteristic of or denoting a fashion style of neat, understated, and often expensive clothes; young but classic: suggesting that the wearer is well off, upper class, and conservative
noun
- a person exhibiting such style
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of preppy1
C20: originally US, from preppy a person who attends or has attended a preparatory school before college
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Example Sentences
Her style, much like her diminutive nickname, is best described as “Hamptons twee”—preppy and peppy.
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The collection was a mix of playfully preppy and downtown cool, and, as always, was wearable in a very different way.
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The result is a spectacular mash-up of aspirationally misguided 1990s preppy style.
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The two collaborate on one-off projects, with the possibility of a preppy-branded line in the future.
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A little girl wearing preppy clothes with a kitten—people want to be like her and wear those same clothes.
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