Meanings
adjectivefoppish (comparative more foppish, superlative most foppish)
comparative more foppish · superlative most foppish
- Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
They talked a delicate and elastic Arabic, and were mannered, often foppish, in habit.
1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 148Synonyms: dandy, buckish, beauish, buckish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLike a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
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Translations
Bulgarian контешки
- контешки (konteški)like a fop
Czech fintivý, parádivý
- fintivýlike a fop
- parádivýlike a fop
Finnish keikarimainen
- keikarimainenlike a fop
French soigné
- soignélike a fop
Irish stráiciúil
- stráiciúillike a fop
Italian figurino, damerino
- figurinolike a fop
- damerinolike a fop
- bellimbustolike a fop
- fighettolike a fop
Polish dandysowaty, gogusiowaty
- dandysowatylike a fop
- gogusiowatylike a fop
- lalusiowatylike a fop
Russian фатова́тый, пижо́нский
- фатова́тый (fatovátyj)like a fop
- пижо́нский (pižónskij)like a fop
Spanish peripuesto, gomoso
- peripuestolike a fop
- gomosolike a fop
- alindadolike a fop
- litrilike a fop
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APA
foppish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foppish
MLA
“foppish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foppish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foppish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foppish.
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