Jemmy-Jessamy

noun

A dandy; a fop.

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Meanings

nounJemmy-Jessamy (plural Jemmy-Jessamies)

plural Jemmy-Jessamies · alternative Jemmy Jessamy

  1. BritishobsoleteslangA dandy; a fop.

    Synonyms: buck, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight

adjectiveJemmy-Jessamy (comparative more Jemmy-Jessamy, superlative most Jemmy-Jessamy)

comparative more Jemmy-Jessamy · superlative most Jemmy-Jessamy · alternative Jemmy Jessamy

  1. BritishobsoleteslangFoppish; 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
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    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, buckish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA dandy; a fop.

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adjectiveFoppish; effeminate; dandyish.

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Chicago

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