"foppish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foppish.wav Forms: more foppish [comparative], most foppish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃ Etymology: From fop + -ish. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|fop|-ish}} fop + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} foppish (comparative more foppish, superlative most foppish)
  1. Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy. Hypernyms: chic, dapper, fashionable, stylish, trendy, well-dressed Hyponyms: Chappist Derived forms: foppishly, foppishness, unfoppish Translations (like a fop): контешки (konteški) (Bulgarian), fintivý (Czech), parádivý (Czech), keikarimainen (Finnish), soigné (French), stráiciúil (Irish), figurino [masculine] (Italian), damerino [masculine] (Italian), bellimbusto [masculine] (Italian), fighetto [masculine] (Italian), ко́нтешки (kónteški) (Macedonian), dandysowaty (Polish), gogusiowaty (Polish), lalusiowaty (Polish), фатова́тый (fatovátyj) (Russian), пижо́нский (pižónskij) (Russian), peripuesto (Spanish), gomoso (Spanish), alindado [masculine] (Spanish), litri (Spanish)
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          "word": "контешки"
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        {
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "like a fop",
          "word": "fintivý"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "like a fop",
          "word": "parádivý"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "like a fop",
          "word": "keikarimainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "like a fop",
          "word": "soigné"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "like a fop",
          "word": "stráiciúil"
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          "sense": "like a fop",
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          "sense": "like a fop",
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          "sense": "like a fop",
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          "sense": "like a fop",
          "word": "dandysowaty"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "like a fop",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "like a fop",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "fatovátyj",
          "sense": "like a fop",
          "word": "фатова́тый"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "like a fop",
          "word": "пижо́нский"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "like a fop",
          "word": "peripuesto"
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          "sense": "like a fop",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "like a fop",
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      "rhymes": "-ɪʃ"
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}
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      "word": "lily-handed"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "konteški",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "контешки"
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      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "fintivý"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "parádivý"
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      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "keikarimainen"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "soigné"
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "stráiciúil"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "figurino"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "damerino"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bellimbusto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fighetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kónteški",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "ко́нтешки"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "dandysowaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "gogusiowaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "lalusiowaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fatovátyj",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "фатова́тый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pižónskij",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "пижо́нский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "peripuesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "gomoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alindado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "like a fop",
      "word": "litri"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foppish"
}

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