foppish

/'fɔpiʃ/

Thân thiện

A man with a foppish appearance adjusts his silk cravat in a mirror.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner: Describes a person, typically a man, who is excessively concerned with and displays a flamboyant, ornate, or dandyish style in clothing and personal appearance. It often implies an affectation or pretentiousness in the pursuit of fashion.

Usage

The word "foppish" is used to describe someone whose attention to dress and mannerisms is considered overly elaborate, showy, or effeminate by conventional standards. It carries a slightly negative or mocking connotation, suggesting vanity and a lack of substance.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • He was known for his foppish attire, always appearing in velvet coats and lace cuffs.
  • The critic dismissed the actor's foppish mannerisms as distracting from the serious role.
  • His foppish obsession with his cravat and cane made him a figure of ridicule among his more practical peers.

Advanced Usage

• "foppish elegance": A phrase describing an elegance that is conspicuously ornate or dandified.
  • The portrait captured the duke's foppish elegance, complete with a powdered wig and beauty patch.
• "foppish airs": Pretentious or affected manners associated with a fop.
  • He put on foppish airs to impress the aristocratic crowd.

Variants and Related Words

• Fop (n): A man who is excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance; a dandy.
  • He was considered a fop by his military colleagues.
• Foppery (n): The behavior or style of a fop; dandyism.
  • The play satirized the foppery of the court.
• Dandyish (adj): Similar to foppish, characteristic of a dandy.
  • He had a dandyish fondness for waistcoats.

Synonyms

• Dandified: Made to resemble or characteristic of a dandy.
• Dapper: Neat and trim in dress and appearance (often positive, unlike "foppish").
• Nattily: In a smartly stylish manner.
• Beauish: Like a beau or ladies' man; concerned with fashion.

Antonyms

• Slovenly: Messy and dirty.
• Unkempt: Not combed or groomed; untidy.
• Plain: Not decorated or elaborate; simple.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Dressed to the nines": Dressed very elaborately or smartly. (This shares the theme of elaborate dress but lacks the negative connotation of affectation that "foppish" carries.)
  • She arrived at the gala dressed to the nines.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dandified
• dandyish