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Woosterian

adjective

foppish and affected

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dandy buckish beauish coxcombical dandiacal dandified dandyish dandyistic

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Meanings

adjectiveWoosterian (comparative more Woosterian, superlative most Woosterian)

comparative more Woosterian · superlative most Woosterian

foppish and affected
Synonyms: dandy, buckish, beauish, buckish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefoppish and affected

Similar

dandy buckish beauish buckish coxcombical dandiacal dandified dandy dandyish dandyistic dudish foppish foppy Jemmy-Jessamy lily-handed macaronic swellish affected effete

Also see

affected beauish buckish coxcombical dandiacal dandified dandy dandyish dandyistic dudish effete fey foppish foppy jemmy-jessamy macaronic pretentious smug stagy stilted swellish theatrical

Origin

From Wooster + -ian, after Bertie Wooster, the protagonist of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series of comic novels.

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APA

Woosterian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woosterian

MLA

“Woosterian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woosterian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Woosterian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woosterian.

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