beauishadj.
/ˈbəʊɪʃ/ After the manner of a beau; foppish, dandified.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > dandyish
quaintc1330
skipjack1598
satin1603
coxcombly1610
prigginga1627
coxcombical1649
skipjackly1674
jessamy1696
beauish1699
foppish1699
priggish1701
Jemmy Jessamine1786
macaronian1792
buckish1806
dandy1813
dandified1826
dandyish1826
Brummellian1829
dandyic1832
dandiacal1834
squirtish1843
macaronyish1858
fine-gentlemanish1865
foppy1878
dude1879
dudish1883
fancy1891
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 395 Some common and obvious Thought, dress'd and curl'd in the Beauish way.
1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) II. iv. ix. 57 Those beauish brigands.
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