dandy
noun
a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
dandyish
-
a word derived from
dandy.
Example Sentences
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His early flirtations with radicalism and his dandyish style reinforced that difference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The duke was a dandyish dresser who was much in the press in those days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Harry, too, is Dickensian, but more like one of Dickens’s monstrous, red-eyed lawyers: He is cruel, peremptory and, with his dyed hair and prissy bow tie, dandyish in his self-regard.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
In this first criminal investigation by the dandyish nobleman, a key clue turns on the ethnic identity of the murder victim.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2019
Without being the very least dandyish, Ishmael was still fastidiously nice in his personal appointments; purity and refinement pervaded his presence.
From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
