dandizette
dandizette noun: a female dandy.
Noun
dandizette (plural dandizettes)
- A female dandy.
- The accompanying cut is from a rather broadly caricatured print of a dandizette of the year 1819.1849, Thomas II Wright, England Under the House of Hanover
- A witch, be it understood, Funny and fair and good, Tiny and pretty and jolly; A love, a sweet, a prize, a pet, An airy, fairy dandizette, A maid of honor to Cupid god, A fairy girl of the period, A wee little lady of delicate breeding, Foreign to horror and melancholy, and guiltless of any uncanny...1871, The Atlantic - Volume 27, page 162
- Synonyms:
- dandyess, quaintrelle, dudelet
- Antonyms:
- barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood
Synonyms of dandizette
Antonyms
- carpet knight
- dandy
- dood
- fashionable
- fast man
- fine gentleman
- fop
- fribble
- gallant
- masher
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Forms of dandizette
| plural | dandizettes |
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Origin of dandizette
From dandy + -ette.
Questions about dandizette
- What does dandizette mean?
- Dandizette means a female dandy.
- What part of speech is dandizette?
- Dandizette is a noun.
- What is the plural of dandizette?
- The plural of dandizette is dandizettes.
Words near dandizette in the dictionary
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