fop·pish

[fop-ish]
adjective
resembling or befitting a fop; excessively refined and fastidious in taste and manner.

Origin:
1595–1605; fop + -ish1

fop·pish·ly, adverb
fop·pish·ness, noun
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fop (fɒp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a man who is excessively concerned with fashion and elegance
 
[C15: related to German foppen to trick; see fob²]
 
'foppish
 
adj
 
'foppishly
 
adv
 
'foppishness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

foppish
c.1600, from fop + -ish. Related: Foppishly.
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Example sentences
The artist wears an expression of intense self-satisfaction and the foppish attire of the flaneur.
His noble figure, flashing eye and majestic voice made one forget that he was somewhat foppish in his dress.
He favors foppish linen suits and drops names of the fast crowd he once ran with.
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