fopling

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noun

A petty fop.

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Meanings

nounfopling (plural foplings)

plural foplings

  1. archaicA petty fop.

    sit down to delineate a Momus or a Satyr, with at least as much complacency as a vulgar fopling or a partycoloured buffoon.

    1828, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
jack-a-dandymignon

Origin

From fop + -ling.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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