"foppish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/ [UK] 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. Synonyms: dandy, dandiacal, dandyish, dudish, beauish, buckish, foppish, Jemmy-Jessamy, lily-handed, Woosterian Hypernyms: chic, dapper, fashionable, stylish, trendy, well-dressed 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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