Jemmy-Jessamy
Jemmy-Jessamy noun: a dandy; a fop.
Noun
Jemmy-Jessamy (plural Jemmy-Jessamies)
Adjective
Jemmy-Jessamy (comparative more Jemmy-Jessamy, superlative most Jemmy-Jessamy)
- Foppish; effeminate; dandyish.
- These women were more men than our Jemmy-Jessamy countrymen.1786, Jacques-Antoine Dulaure, Edward (transl.) Drewe, Pogonologia, Exeter: R. Thorn, page 55
- I promise you this was very different language to that she had been in the habit of hearing from her Jemmy-Jessamy adorers.1844, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 13, in The Luck of Barry Lyndon
- Synonyms:
- dandy, buckish, beauish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandyish, dandyistic, dudish, foppish
Synonyms of Jemmy-Jessamy
- buck
- popinjay
- carpet knight
- dandy
- dood
- fashionable
- fast man
- fine gentleman
- fop
- fribble
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Forms of Jemmy-Jessamy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Jemmy-Jessamies |
| alternative form | Jemmy Jessamy |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Jemmy-Jessamy |
| superlative | most Jemmy-Jessamy |
Questions about Jemmy-Jessamy
- What does Jemmy-Jessamy mean?
- Jemmy-Jessamy means a dandy; a fop.
- What part of speech is Jemmy-Jessamy?
- Jemmy-Jessamy can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of Jemmy-Jessamy?
- The plural of Jemmy-Jessamy is Jemmy-Jessamies.
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