fop
noun
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
Example Sentences
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Somewhere outside this room is the real world, where finery and foppishness won’t save these characters from an uprising of the plebs.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
One delightful detail about William Wilde to emerge here is that, in contrast to Oscar’s foppishness, Sir William was notably disheveled and dirty, unkempt.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2018
He modelled his foppishness on Lord Byron's, soon began promoting South American mining shares, lost his investors a fortune, and – to recoup his position – published his first novel at the age of 21.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2013
The foppishness of aspects of the Roy Evans era came out in their tendency towards the floppy-on-top public school 'do.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2010
If there be a little tinge of foppishness in his appearance, it is as slight as the scent which a superfine cigar has left on his clothes.
From The Haunted Room A Tale by A. L. O. E.
