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dudish

dudish adjective: like a dude or dandy; foppish; fastidious about personal appearance.

Adjective

dudish (comparative more dudish, superlative most dudish)

  1. (dated) Like a dude or dandy; foppish; fastidious about personal appearance.
    • He was a stiff-collar, high-headed fellow, of good intellect and had rather a dudish appearance. He went gentlemanly dressed in East Virginia style, wore a high-top silk hat, as had lawyer Park, and sported a gold headed walking cane.1938, Charles A. Johnson, A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia, page 165
    • Women go dudish with pique trim, starched or flowered bosoms1950 January 23, Life, volume 28, number 4, page 45

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Forms of dudish

comparativemore dudish
superlativemost dudish

Origin of dudish

From dude + -ish.

Words formed from dudish

Questions about dudish

What does dudish mean?
Dudish means like a dude or dandy; foppish; fastidious about personal appearance.
What part of speech is dudish?
Dudish is an adjective.

Words near dudish in the dictionary

  1. dudine
  2. dudines
  3. duding
  4. duding up
  5. Dudinka
  6. dudish
  7. dudishly
  8. dudishness
  9. dudism
  10. dudisms
  11. dudley

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