See dandy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "coquette"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "flirt"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"rare"
],
"word": "quaintrelle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "vamp"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "untidy person"
}
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"word": "dandification"
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"word": "dandizette"
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{
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"word": "dandy brush"
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{
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"word": "dandy cart"
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"word": "dandydom"
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"word": "dandyess"
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"word": "dandy fever"
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"word": "dandyish"
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"word": "dandyism"
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"word": "dandyize"
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"word": "dandy line"
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"word": "dandyling"
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"word": "dandy roller"
}
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "dando",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: dando",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: dando"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ダンディ",
"3": "ダンディー",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ダンディ, ダンディー",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ダンディ, ダンディー"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "li",
"2": "dèndie",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Limburgish: dèndie",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Limburgish: dèndie"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: dandy"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "dandy",
"4": "",
"5": "a fop; one who is well-dressed"
},
"expansion": "Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dandle"
},
"expansion": "English dandle",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin.\nPossibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a \"pet\"”). Compare English dandle and dander.",
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"form": "dandies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "dandy (plural dandies)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"word": "man"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "snappy dresser"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "trendy"
}
],
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"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"pejorative"
],
"word": "dandyling"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "dapperling"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "fopling"
}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"word": "boulevardier"
},
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"word": "man about town"
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"word": "bon vivant"
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"word": "Corinthian"
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"word": "flaneur"
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"word": "foppish"
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"word": "idler"
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"word": "effeminate man"
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"Gender",
"Human",
"Biology",
"Psychology",
"Sociology",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
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"ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 60, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:",
"text": "The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]",
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},
{
"ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter VI, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 68:",
"text": "No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1945, J. B. Priestley, chapter I, in An Inspector Calls:",
"text": "“Gerald Croft is an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town.”",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self."
],
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pčnamol",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "պճնամոլ"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "konte",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "конте"
},
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "frant",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "франт"
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandi"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gomós"
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petimetre"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wánkùzǐdì",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "纨绔子弟"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huāhuā gōngzǐ",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "花花公子"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandy"
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "parádník"
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fintil"
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hejsek"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "laps"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "modeherre"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "keikari"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "dandy"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Dandy"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pinkel"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "chail",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "छैल"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "chailā",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "छैला"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bā̃kā",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "बाँका"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "raṅgīlā",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "रंगीला"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaige"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scóitséir"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "damerino"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bellimbusto"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "figurino"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fighetto"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fichetto"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"alt": "だておとこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dateotoko",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "伊達男"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"alt": "だてしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "datesha",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "伊達者"
},
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "meotjaeng'i",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "멋쟁이"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "formaster"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kónte",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ко́нте"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "déndi",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "де́нди"
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{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gízdavec",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ги́здавец"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kicoš",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кицош"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandy"
},
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laps"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spradebasse"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "rsk",
"lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
"roman": "njalkoš",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"person"
],
"word": "нялкош"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "rsk",
"lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
"roman": "dasa",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"person"
],
"word": "даса"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandys"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandy"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "goguś"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "modniś"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laluś"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "janota"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casquilho"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peralta"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peravilho"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dɛ́ndi",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "де́нди"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frant",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "франт"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščógolʹ",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "щёголь"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pižón",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пижо́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xlyšč",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хлыщ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fat",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фат"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kicoš"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dasa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandy"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandi"
},
{
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}
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "dando",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: dando",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: dando"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ダンディ",
"3": "ダンディー",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ダンディ, ダンディー",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ダンディ, ダンディー"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "li",
"2": "dèndie",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Limburgish: dèndie",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Limburgish: dèndie"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: dandy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "dandy",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: dandy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: dandy"
}
],
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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "dandy",
"4": "",
"5": "a fop; one who is well-dressed"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dandle"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "dandies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "dandy (plural dandies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "man"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "snappy dresser"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "trendy"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"pejorative"
],
"word": "dandyling"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "dapperling"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "fopling"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "boulevardier"
},
{
"word": "man about town"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "bon vivant"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "Corinthian"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "flaneur"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "foppish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "idler"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "effeminate man"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 60, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:",
"text": "The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]",
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},
{
"ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter VI, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 68:",
"text": "No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1945, J. B. Priestley, chapter I, in An Inspector Calls:",
"text": "“Gerald Croft is an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town.”",
"type": "quote"
}
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],
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{
"word": "dandy"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Something excellent in its class."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"en:Nautical"
],
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"A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"yawl",
"yawl"
]
],
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"(British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl."
],
"tags": [
"British"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A dandy roller."
],
"links": [
[
"dandy roller",
"dandy roller"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English slang",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"Irish English",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1844, William Jesse, The life of George Brummell, page 57:",
"text": "Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A small glass of whisky."
],
"links": [
[
"whisky",
"whisky"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, Ireland, slang, archaic) A small glass of whisky."
],
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"UK",
"archaic",
"slang"
]
}
],
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{
"rhymes": "-ændi"
}
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "beau"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "blade"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "blood"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"UK",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "buck"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "carpet knight"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "cockscomb"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "dandy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "dude"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "dudelet"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "exquisite"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "fashionable"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "fast man"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "fine gentleman"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "fop"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "foretop"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "fribble"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "gallant"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "go"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "jack-a-dandy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "Jemmy-Jessamy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "jetter"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "macaroni"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "masher"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "metrosexual"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "peacock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "popinjay"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"pejorative",
"slang"
],
"word": "pretty boy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "prig"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "smart"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "spark"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "swell"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "toff"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pčnamol",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "պճնամոլ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "konte",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "конте"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "frant",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "франт"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandi"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gomós"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petimetre"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wánkùzǐdì",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "纨绔子弟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huāhuā gōngzǐ",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "花花公子"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandy"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parádník"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fintil"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hejsek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "laps"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "modeherre"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "keikari"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "dandy"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Dandy"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pinkel"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "chail",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "छैल"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "chailā",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "छैला"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bā̃kā",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "बाँका"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "raṅgīlā",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "रंगीला"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaige"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scóitséir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "damerino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bellimbusto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "figurino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fighetto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fichetto"
},
{
"alt": "だておとこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dateotoko",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "伊達男"
},
{
"alt": "だてしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "datesha",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "伊達者"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "meotjaeng'i",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"word": "멋쟁이"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "formaster"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kónte",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ко́нте"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "déndi",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "де́нди"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gízdavec",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ги́здавец"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kicoš",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кицош"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandy"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laps"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spradebasse"
},
{
"code": "rsk",
"lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
"roman": "njalkoš",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"person"
],
"word": "нялкош"
},
{
"code": "rsk",
"lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
"roman": "dasa",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"person"
],
"word": "даса"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandys"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dandy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "goguś"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "modniś"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laluś"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "janota"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casquilho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peralta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peravilho"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dɛ́ndi",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "де́нди"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frant",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "франт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščógolʹ",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "щёголь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pižón",
"sense": "man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пижо́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "jack-a-dandy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "Jemmy-Jessamy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "jetter"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "macaroni"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "masher"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "metrosexual"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "peacock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "popinjay"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"pejorative",
"slang"
],
"word": "pretty boy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "prig"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "smart"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"word": "spark"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "swell"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "toff"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍaṇḍī",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "डंडी"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"dandy"
],
"word": "dandy"
}
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