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dandyfy

dandyfy is the alternative form of dandify.

Meaning of dandify

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

Forms of dandyfy

third-person singular presentdandyfies
present participledandyfying
past participledandyfied
pastdandyfied

Questions about dandyfy

What is dandyfy the alternative form of?
Dandyfy is the alternative form of dandify.

Words near dandyfy in the dictionary

  1. dandyess
  2. dandyesses
  3. dandyfied
  4. dandyfies
  5. dandyfunk
  6. dandyfy
  7. dandyfying
  8. dandying up
  9. dandyish
  10. dandyishly
  11. dandyishness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dandyfy (page history and authors); dandify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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