preppy
Use Preppy in a sentence
i noun
1.
a person who is a student at or a graduate of a preparatory school.
2.
a person who favors or is viewed as favoring clothing style or behavior associated with traditional preparatory schools.
adjective
3.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of preparatory schools or their students.
4.
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or being a style in dress or mode of behavior of a preppy.
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Preppy
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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World English Dictionary
preppy (ˈprɛpɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | 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 |
| —n , -pies | |
| 2. | a person exhibiting such style |
| [C20: originally US, from preppy a person who attends or has attended a preparatory school before college] | |
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| preppy a student at or a graduate of a preparatory school |
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Example sentences
The preppy designer took her first foray into menswear with a custom tux she designed for the outspoken, fashion-conscious rapper.
That's the point, of course, in this fresh novel about a downwardly mobile preppy.
He continued to age, but never lost the preppy good looks, the dazzling smile.
He's surrounded by manicured lawns and preppy students, but his appearance is deliberately untamed.
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