foppish
/ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/
foppish adjective: like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
Adjective
foppish (comparative more foppish, superlative most foppish)
- Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
- They talked a delicate and elastic Arabic, and were mannered, often foppish, in habit.1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 148
- Synonyms:
- dandy, buckish, beauish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandyish, dandyistic, dudish, foppy
foppish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
foppish in Hindi
- foppish, dandy, showy
- बाँका bā̃kā
foppish in Tamil
- நாட்டியக்காரன், நாட்டியக்காரி
foppish in Urdu
- البیلا, بانکا
foppish in Bengali
- বিলাসীর মতো, দাম্ভিক এবং আড়ম্বরপূর্ণ
More languagesFewer languages
- foppish in Malayalam
- സുഭഗമ്മന്യനായ, വേഷാഭിമാനിയായ, ദാംഭികനായ, മോടിക്കാരനായ
Synonyms of foppish
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Antonyms
Forms of foppish
| comparative | more foppish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most foppish |
Origin of foppish
From fop + -ish.
Words formed from foppish
Questions about foppish
- What does foppish mean?
- Foppish means like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
- What is foppish in Hindi?
- Foppish in Hindi is बाँका (bā̃kā). See Foppish meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is foppish?
- Foppish is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce foppish?
- Foppish is pronounced /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/ (UK).
Words near foppish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: foppish (page history and authors); बाँका (Hindi) (page history and authors); foppish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foppish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foppish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foppish (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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