dandy
- a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- Informal. something or someone of exceptional or first-rate quality: Your reply was a dandy.
- characteristic of a dandy; foppish.
- Informal. fine; excellent; first-rate: a dandy vacation spot.
Origin of dandy
Related Words for dandy
terrific, marvelous, first-rate, splendid, nifty, fly, prime, great, swell, grand, paragon, keen, capital, model, cool, exemplary, famous, first-class, glorious, groovyExamples from the Web for dandy
Contemporary Examples of dandy
As well as being less flirtatious, Capaldi is far less of a dandy.
Gary Hume dressed as a Mexican dandy and sold tequila slammers.
Joshua Compston Was Once the Wunderkind of the British Art World…and Now He’s Been Practically ForgottenAnthony Haden-Guest
January 17, 2014
That's all fine and dandy, except that it propagates a potentially false story from an unsavory source.
How Israeli Government Officials Fueled A Conspiracy Website Story About IranAli Gharib
January 28, 2013
The substance of their positions, to them, is fine and dandy.
Toff, (slang) n: a person of the upper classes; a swell, dandy; a good sort.
Historical Examples of dandy
She had been to business college and was a dandy stenographer.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
I think that was just Saunders trying to make a dandy good job of it.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
"He's a dandy if he catches Baumberger," Miss Georgie averred, gloomily.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
And I thought of a dandy idea, it's what they call an inspiration.
Pee-wee HarrisPercy Keese Fitzhugh
They know Dandy Jack, and are philosophically resigned to their fate.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
dandy
1- a man greatly concerned with smartness of dress; beau
- a yawl or ketch
- informal very good or fine
Word Origin for dandy
dandy
2- another name for dengue
Word Origin and History for dandy
c.1780, of uncertain origin; it first appeared in a Scottish border ballad:
I've heard my granny crack
O' sixty twa years back
When there were sic a stock of Dandies O
etc. In that region, Dandy is diminutive of Andrew (as it was in Middle English generally). The word was in vogue in London c.1813-1819. His female counterpart was a dandizette (1821) with French-type ending. The adjective dandy first recorded 1792; very popular c.1880-1900. Related: Dandified; dandify.
Idioms and Phrases with dandy
dandy
see fine and dandy.