dandyess

Noun

dandyess (plural dandyesses)

1. (obsolete) A female dandy.
   • Here should the laced, straitened and waisted dandy or dandyess, whose beau-ideal of figure rests within the narrow span of slimness, and to whom any other view of the body is out of taste, out of conception, impossible -- here should they learn, while studying the flow and superfluity of a more...1824, John Banim, Revelations of the dead-alive [by J. Banim]., pages 56–57
   • It would seem that a compromise has been made between the dandys and dandyesses, and that bustles are undergoing a sensible reduction.1852, Joseph Jones, Major Jones's Courtship

   Synonyms:

   dandizette, quaintrelle, dudelet

   Antonyms:

   barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood