foppish

American  

[fop-ish] / ˈfɒp ɪʃ /

adjective

1. resembling or befitting a fop; excessively refined and fastidious in taste and manner.

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Other Word Forms

• foppishly adverb
• foppishness noun

Etymology

Origin of foppish

First recorded in 1595–1605; fop + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

“He cultivated a kind of foppish screwball persona to go along with his acerbic pen.”

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Hoult and Cage sell the toxic odd-couple dynamic well, but a sturdier story is required to fully support their performances, especially Cage’s operatic Dracula, who delights in terrorizing his foppish familiar.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023

Voisin, who has the mother-of-pearl skin that Balzac writes about, is perfectly cast as the naïve young poet who generates pity when he is foppish and humiliated at the theater.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022

They’ve also made a celebrity of his foppish head of hair, a cross between a traditional mullet and ’80’s hair band singer.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022

Men began to wear their handkerchiefs in their sleeves and some foppish lieutenants carried swagger sticks.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck