Fop
[fɒp] or [fɑp]
Definition
(n.) One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
Typist: Malcolm
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, beau, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, macaroni, popinjay, SWELL, man-milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.
Typist: Meg
Definition
n. an affected dandy.—ns. Fop′ling a vain affected person; Fop′pery vanity in dress or manners: affectation: folly.—adj. Fop′pish vain and showy in dress: affectedly refined in manners.—adv. Fop′pishly.—n. Fop′pishness.
Typed by Larry
Examples
- He was rather severe with the men and, I fancy, ill-tempered, and he was a decided fop, as I think I have before mentioned. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I knew myself but a fop, but where _he_ was outcast _I_ could please. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was a disagreeable part--a man's--an empty-headed fop's. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I observed that she once or twice threw a certain marked fondness and pointed partiality into her manner towards me--the fop. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I heard some French fops, yonder, designating her as 'le type du voluptueux;' if soI can only say, 'le voluptueux' is little to my liking. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typed by Annette