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dandify

dandify verb: to dress as, make into, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.

Verb

dandify (third-person singular simple present dandifies, present participle dandifying, simple past and past participle dandified)

  1. To dress as, make into, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
    • The Major smiled as he saw the boy dandifying himself in the glass: the old gentleman was not displeased with the appearance of the comely lad.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XVIII, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 167
    Synonyms:
    dandyize

Synonyms of dandify

Forms of dandify

third-person singular presentdandifies
present participledandifying
past participledandified
pastdandified

Origin of dandify

From dandy + -fy.

Questions about dandify

What does dandify mean?
Dandify means to dress as, make into, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
What part of speech is dandify?
Dandify is a verb.
What is the past tense of dandify?
The past tense of dandify is dandified.

Words near dandify in the dictionary

  1. dandiest
  2. dandification
  3. dandifications
  4. dandified
  5. dandifies
  6. dandify
  7. dandifying
  8. dandily
  9. dandiness
  10. dandiprat
  11. dandiprats

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