dandy
noun
a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
dandiacal
-
a word derived from
dandy.
Example Sentences
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Our critic explained that “While ‘superfine’ is a tailor’s term for the best wool suiting fabric, in the context of this show it is also dandiacal black vernacular for ‘stylin’ out.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
He also learns that all of them belonged to an exclusive society called the Luminarians, founded by two brothers, the dandiacal James and Andrew Goodwin.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
The plump, dandiacal "King of Bath," whose crown was an enormous cream-colored beaver hat, ruled society like an autocrat.*
From Time Magazine Archive
The monarch's little legs protruded from a dandiacal bouquet of ribbons and stars, ermine and furbelows; his wan, overbred features looked down like a face of wax in a show window.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rest of him by no means dandiacal, even the vanity of glasses long since abandoned.
From Love and Mr. Lewisham by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
