fop

American  

[fop] / fɒp /

noun

1. a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.

   Synonyms:

   dude, swell, peacock, popinjay, coxcomb, dandy

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fop British  

/ fɒp /

noun

1. a man who is excessively concerned with fashion and elegance

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Other Word Forms

• foppish adjective
• foppishly adverb
• foppishness noun

Etymology

Origin of fop

1400–50; late Middle English foppe, fop; akin to fob ²

Example Sentences

Creel, infusing every line reading with delectable originality, plays the Prince as a preening fop who excuses his behavior by explaining to Cinderella late in the musical that he’s meant to be charming, not sincere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023

It led to him being described as a "red-socked fop" by Labour's former deputy prime minister John Prescott.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022

The Big 12 was next with four teams, though it marked the second straight week the league didn't have at least one team in the fop five.

From Fox News • Feb. 7, 2022

There’s a welcome, self-conscious wit in such metamorphoses, as when Mr. Merrick, playing a foot soldier, looks in wonder after the aristocratic fop who has just left the stage, also played by Mr. Merrick.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2019

Wasn’t he really a snob, and a fop, and frivolous on serious occasions, as she had once told him during a quarrel?

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig