dashing

What it means

1. Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.

   a dashing young officer

2. Chic, fashionable.

   That's a rather dashing outfit, even if I do say so.

   1 more example

   All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.

In a sentence

a dashing young officer

Where it comes from

1. Middle Englishdaschande
2. Englishdashing

From Middle English daschande, equivalent to dash + -ing.