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
The staggeringly good, utterly OTT Flamboyant, meanwhile, is a celebration of foppishness.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2019
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
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
His foppishness arose from an over-elegance of costume rather than any violence of color.
From The President A novel by Alfred Henry Lewis
