Meanings
verbdandify (third-person singular simple present dandifies, present participle dandifying, simple past and past participle dandified)
present singular third person dandifies · participle present dandifying · participle past dandified · past dandified
- To dress as, make into, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
The Major smiled as he saw the boy dandifying himself in the glass: the old gentleman was not displeased with the appearance of the comely lad.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XVIII, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 167Synonyms: dandyize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo dress as, make into, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
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Translations
Bulgarian наконтвам, натруфвам
- наконтвам (nakontvam)dress as a dandy
- натруфвам (natrufvam)dress as a dandy
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