dapperadj.

Brit.

/ˈdapə/, U.S.

/ˈdæpər/

Forms: Also Middle English dapyr, 1500s daper; (1500s dappard, dappart).

Etymology: Not found in Old English or Middle English Apparently adopted in the end of the Middle English period from Flemish or other Low German dialect (with modification of sense, perhaps ironical or humorous): compare Middle Dutch dapper powerful, strong, stout, energetic, in modern Dutch, valiant, brave, bold, Middle Low German dapper heavy, weighty, steady, stout, persevering, undaunted, Old High German tapfar, Middle High German tapfer heavy, weighty, firm, in late Middle High German and modern German, warlike, brave. The sense of Old Norse dapr ‘sad, downcast’ appears to be developed from that of ‘heavy’. Possibly cognate with Old Church Slavonic dobrŭ good.

a. Of persons: Neat, trim, smart, spruce in dress or appearance. (Formerly appreciative; now more or less depreciative, with associations of littleness or pettiness; cf. 1b.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim

netc1330

pertc1330

cleanc1386

nicec1400

picked?c1425

dapperc1440

feata1471

gim1513

trig1513

well-trimmedc1513

trick1533

smirk1534

tricksy1552

neat1559

netty1573

deft1579

primpc1590

briska1593

smug1598

spruce1598

sprink1602

terse1602

compt1632

nitle1673

sprig1675

snod1691

tight1697

smugged1706

snug1714

pensy1718

fitty1746

jemmy1751

sprucy1774

smartc1778

natty1785

spry1806

perjink1808

soigné1821

nutty1823

toiletted1823

taut1829

spick and span1846

spicy1846

groomed1853

spiffy1853

well-groomed1865

bandboxy1870

perjinkity1880

spick-span1888

bandbox1916

tiddly1925

whip-smart1937

spit and polish1950

spit-and-polished1977

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 113 Dapyr, or praty, elegans.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 309/1 Daper, proper, mignon, godin.

c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 415 As dapper as a crowe, And perte as any pye.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. A3^v The dapper Mounsier Pages of the Court.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. H4^v Their many mumbling Masse-priests here, And many a dapper Chorister.

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 9 As if the dapper Stripling were to be heir to all the Fathers features.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. xi. 60 The idle and childish Liking of a Girl to a Boy..is often fixed on..flowing Locks, downy Chins, dapper Shapes.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 205 The spruce and dapper importance of his ordinary appearance.

1861 Sat. Rev. Dec. 605 Our dapper curates, who only open their mouths to say ‘L'Eglise, c'est moi!’

1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. 89 A good-looking man..well set up, neat without being dapper or priggish.

b. esp. Applied to a little person who is trim or smart in his ways and movements: ‘little and active, lively without bulk’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective]

shorta900

littleOE

lowa1398

untallc1535

dwarfish1542

shrimpish1549

pygmy1592

shrubby1603

dapper1606

punya1616

runtisha1642

truss1674

sesquipedalian1741

smally1764

petite1766

elfin1796

scram1825

squibbish1826

gnomic1845

dwarf-like1850

knee-high to a grasshopper1851

underhanded1856

nanoid1857

whipping-snapping1861

scrunty1868

midget1875

short-set1883

sawed-off1887

strunty1897

munchkin1930

sawn-off1936

short-arsed1951

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > of a person

dapper1606

swankinga1704

swankie1838

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim > and brisk > and small

dapper1606

1606 Wily Beguilde 7 Prittie Peg..tis the daprest wench that euer danc't after a Taber and pipe.

1637 J. Milton Comus 5 Trip the pert Fairies and the dapper Elves.

1792 J. Wolcot Ode to Ld. Lonsdale Much like great Doctor Johnson..With dapper Jemmy Boswell on his back.

1823 W. Scott Peveril III. xii. 306 The clean, tight, dapper, little fellow hath proved an over-match for his bulky antagonist.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 61 A smart, dapper, brisk, well-favoured, little fellow.

1870 R. W. Emerson Civilization in Wks. (1906) III. 12 We are dapper little busybodies, and run this way and that way superserviceably.

2. transferred. Of animals and things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small and dainty or trim

dapper1579

dinky1788

trotty1891

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > of fine or dignified appearance > of things

dapper1579

net1638

dapper-looking1874

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. f. 40^v The dapper [Gloss. pretye] ditties, that I wont deuise, To feede youthes fancie.

1589 Tri. Love & Fort. iv, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) VI. 198 There was a little dappard ass with her.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B2 A little dapper flowre, like a grounde Hunnisuckle.

1672 A. Wood Life (1772) 48 Mounting my dapper nagg, Pegasus.

1704 Moderation Display'd vi. 23 A Dapper Animal, whose Pigmy Size Provokes the Ladies Scorn, and mocks their Eyes.

1816 G. Colman Eccentricities Edinb. 95 Would-be Villas, ranged in dapper pride.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 143 What of this dapper caoutchouc and gutta-percha, which make water-pipes and stomach-pumps?

†3. as n. A dapper fellow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy

popa1500

miniona1513

prick-me-daintya1529

puppy?1544

velvet-coat1549

skipjack1554

coxcomb1567

musk cat?1567

physbuttocke1570

Adonis?1571

Adon1590

foretop1597

musk-cod1600

pretty fellow1600

sparkc1600

spangle-baby1602

flash1605

barber-monger1608

cocoloch1610

dapperling1611

fantastica1613

feather-cock1612

trig1612

jack-a-dandy?1617

gimcrack1623

satinist1639

powder puffa1653

fop1676

prig1676

foplinga1681

cockcomb1684

beau garçona1687

shape1688

duke1699

nab1699

smirk1699

beau1700

petty master1706

moppet1707

Tom Astoner1707

dapper1709

petit maître1711

buck1725

toupee1727

toupet1728

toupet-man1748

jemmy1753

jessamy1753

macaroni1764

majoc1770

monkeyrony1773

dandyc1780

elegant1780

muscadin1794

incroyable1797

beauty man1800

bang-up1811

natty1818

ruffian1818

exquisite1819

heavy swell1819

marvellous1819

bit of stuff1828

merveilleux1830

fat1832

squirt1844

dandyling1846

ineffable1859

guinea pig1860

Dundreary swell1862

masher1872

dude1877

mash1879

dudette1883

dand1886

heavy gunner1890

posh1890

nut1904

smoothie1929

fancy-pants1930

saga boy1941

fancy Dan1943

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness > person

dapper1709

1709 Tatler No. 85. ⁋1 A distant Imitation of a forward Fop, and a Resolution to over-top him in his Way, are the distinguishing Marks of a Dapper.

1709 Tatler No. 96. ⁋4.

1747 Fool (1748) II. 126 The well-dressed Beaus, the Dappers, the Smarts.

Compounds

dapper-looking adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > of fine or dignified appearance > of things

dapper1579

net1638

dapper-looking1874

1874 F. C. Burnand My Time iii. 28 [The] dapper-looking, though common chairs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dapper
释义	dapperadj. Brit. /ˈdapə/, U.S. /ˈdæpər/ Forms: Also Middle English dapyr, 1500s daper; (1500s dappard, dappart). Etymology: Not found in Old English or Middle English Apparently adopted in the end of the Middle English period from Flemish or other Low German dialect (with modification of sense, perhaps ironical or humorous): compare Middle Dutch dapper powerful, strong, stout, energetic, in modern Dutch, valiant, brave, bold, Middle Low German dapper heavy, weighty, steady, stout, persevering, undaunted, Old High German tapfar, Middle High German tapfer heavy, weighty, firm, in late Middle High German and modern German, warlike, brave. The sense of Old Norse dapr ‘sad, downcast’ appears to be developed from that of ‘heavy’. Possibly cognate with Old Church Slavonic dobrŭ good. 1. a. Of persons: Neat, trim, smart, spruce in dress or appearance. (Formerly appreciative; now more or less depreciative, with associations of littleness or pettiness; cf. 1b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim netc1330 pertc1330 cleanc1386 nicec1400 picked?c1425 dapperc1440 feata1471 gim1513 trig1513 well-trimmedc1513 trick1533 smirk1534 tricksy1552 neat1559 netty1573 deft1579 primpc1590 briska1593 smug1598 spruce1598 sprink1602 terse1602 compt1632 nitle1673 sprig1675 snod1691 tight1697 smugged1706 snug1714 pensy1718 fitty1746 jemmy1751 sprucy1774 smartc1778 natty1785 spry1806 perjink1808 soigné1821 nutty1823 toiletted1823 taut1829 spick and span1846 spicy1846 groomed1853 spiffy1853 well-groomed1865 bandboxy1870 perjinkity1880 spick-span1888 bandbox1916 tiddly1925 whip-smart1937 spit and polish1950 spit-and-polished1977 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 113 Dapyr, or praty, elegans. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 309/1 Daper, proper, mignon, godin. c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 415 As dapper as a crowe, And perte as any pye. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. A3^v The dapper Mounsier Pages of the Court. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. H4^v Their many mumbling Masse-priests here, And many a dapper Chorister. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 9 As if the dapper Stripling were to be heir to all the Fathers features. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. xi. 60 The idle and childish Liking of a Girl to a Boy..is often fixed on..flowing Locks, downy Chins, dapper Shapes. View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 205 The spruce and dapper importance of his ordinary appearance. 1861 Sat. Rev. Dec. 605 Our dapper curates, who only open their mouths to say ‘L'Eglise, c'est moi!’ 1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. 89 A good-looking man..well set up, neat without being dapper or priggish. b. esp. Applied to a little person who is trim or smart in his ways and movements: ‘little and active, lively without bulk’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] shorta900 littleOE lowa1398 untallc1535 dwarfish1542 shrimpish1549 pygmy1592 shrubby1603 dapper1606 punya1616 runtisha1642 truss1674 sesquipedalian1741 smally1764 petite1766 elfin1796 scram1825 squibbish1826 gnomic1845 dwarf-like1850 knee-high to a grasshopper1851 underhanded1856 nanoid1857 whipping-snapping1861 scrunty1868 midget1875 short-set1883 sawed-off1887 strunty1897 munchkin1930 sawn-off1936 short-arsed1951 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > of a person dapper1606 swankinga1704 swankie1838 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim > and brisk > and small dapper1606 1606 Wily Beguilde 7 Prittie Peg..tis the daprest wench that euer danc't after a Taber and pipe. 1637 J. Milton Comus 5 Trip the pert Fairies and the dapper Elves. 1792 J. Wolcot Ode to Ld. Lonsdale Much like great Doctor Johnson..With dapper Jemmy Boswell on his back. 1823 W. Scott Peveril III. xii. 306 The clean, tight, dapper, little fellow hath proved an over-match for his bulky antagonist. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 61 A smart, dapper, brisk, well-favoured, little fellow. 1870 R. W. Emerson Civilization in Wks. (1906) III. 12 We are dapper little busybodies, and run this way and that way superserviceably. 2. transferred. Of animals and things. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small and dainty or trim dapper1579 dinky1788 trotty1891 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > of fine or dignified appearance > of things dapper1579 net1638 dapper-looking1874 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. f. 40^v The dapper [Gloss. pretye] ditties, that I wont deuise, To feede youthes fancie. 1589 Tri. Love & Fort. iv, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) VI. 198 There was a little dappard ass with her. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B2 A little dapper flowre, like a grounde Hunnisuckle. 1672 A. Wood Life (1772) 48 Mounting my dapper nagg, Pegasus. 1704 Moderation Display'd vi. 23 A Dapper Animal, whose Pigmy Size Provokes the Ladies Scorn, and mocks their Eyes. 1816 G. Colman Eccentricities Edinb. 95 Would-be Villas, ranged in dapper pride. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 143 What of this dapper caoutchouc and gutta-percha, which make water-pipes and stomach-pumps? †3. as n. A dapper fellow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness > person dapper1709 1709 Tatler No. 85. ⁋1 A distant Imitation of a forward Fop, and a Resolution to over-top him in his Way, are the distinguishing Marks of a Dapper. 1709 Tatler No. 96. ⁋4. 1747 Fool (1748) II. 126 The well-dressed Beaus, the Dappers, the Smarts. Compounds dapper-looking adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > of fine or dignified appearance > of things dapper1579 net1638 dapper-looking1874 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time iii. 28 [The] dapper-looking, though common chairs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmas ˈdapper ˈdapper n. one who daps. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using bait bait-fisher1835 wormer1891 dapper1920 1920 Glasgow Herald 17 July 4 The floating imitation of the dry-fly fisher or the dapper's living lure. 1928 Daily Express 28 July 4/6 The patient ‘dapper’, who thrusts his rod between the branches of over-hanging foliage and dangles a blue-bottle temptingly at the extremity of a 3x cast. 1967 Daily Mail 8 July 6/6 I am a beautiful dapper: My daddy-longlegs skimmed the surface of the lake like a corps de ballet. extracted from dappingn. < adj.c1440 as lemmas
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dapperadj.

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