fop
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
Origin of fop
1Other words for fop
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This work describes the fops and men of fashion of its time, and shows how popular the custom of tobacco taking had become.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.For many decades a large part of the cathedral was desecrated by a throng of hucksters, idlers, and fops.
Milton's England | Lucia Ames MeadHere Addison used to pace, watching the fops and fools with a kindly malice.
Haunted London | Walter ThornburyI chattered gossip with fops of both sexes, and called it conversation.
The Adventures of a Widow | Edgar FawcettHe proceeded to the Opera, and took his station in Fops' Alley.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. I. (of VI.) | Thomas Moore
British Dictionary definitions for fop
/ (fɒp) /
a man who is excessively concerned with fashion and elegance
Origin of fop
1Derived forms of fop
- foppish, adjective
- foppishly, adverb
- foppishness, noun
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