dandiprat

American  

[dan-dee-prat] / ˈdæn diˌpræt /

noun

1. a silver coin of 16th-century England, equal to about twopence.

2. Archaic.

   1. a diminutive person; a dwarf.

   2. a person of small or childish mind; a silly, finicky, or puerile person.

   3. a child.

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dandiprat British  

/ ˈdændɪˌpræt /

noun

1. a small English coin minted in the 16th century

2. archaic

   1. a small boy

   2. an insignificant person

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Etymology

Origin of dandiprat

First recorded in 1510–20; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The epic’s hero, for instance, is introduced as “a cockney dandiprat hopthumb,/ Prittye lad Aeneas.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2015

And then she remembered, with a fluttering heart, that she was likely to become a great lady and the peer of this fascinating dandiprat.

From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Yes, you did, my dear; and it was not an easy thing for my dandiprat to do.

From Jack and Jill by Alcott, Louisa May

Therewithal she rightly apprehends the danger Bertram is in from the wordy, cozening squirt, the bedizened, scoundrelly dandiprat, who has so beguiled his youth and ignorance.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman

But this I ghesse: being then a dandiprat, Some witty Poet took him on his lap, And fed him, from above, with some choice bit.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard