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foppish, a.|ˈfɒpɪʃ|
[f. fop n. + -ish.]
†1. Resembling or befitting a ‘fop’ or fool; foolish, silly. Obs.
1605Shakes. Lear i. iv. 184 Wisemen are growne foppish, And know not how their wits to weare. 1657G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. Ep. to Rdr., I..oppose your Diaeticall prescriptions as foppish. a1720Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) I. 25 Your tale..Of patient hopes, and dull delay, Love's foppish part.
2. Resembling or befitting a fop or dandy.
1699Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 366 He was a vain, foppish young man. 1734Fielding Intrig. Chambermaid i. iv, Dotingly fond of everything that is fine and foppish. 1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 137 We must..condemn such instances..as foppish and affected. 1836Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xv. 366 There is nothing foppish in his dress. 1872Baker Nile Tribut. xvii. 307 Bowing in a most foppish manner.
Comb.1863M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Vict. II. xix. 279 He was..foppish-looking even in his travelling costume.
Hence ˈfoppishly adv.; ˈfoppishness.
1611Cotgr., Sotise..absurditie, follie, foppishnesse. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋252 Whatever the schools foppishly prattle. 1742Richardson Pamela IV. 338 That Foppishness of Dress and Appearance, which distinguishes the Petits⁓maitres. 1876Saunders Lion in Path xvi, A young man foppishly dressed. 1886J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 153 A little foppishness in a young man is good. |