Dandyism

Dandyism
Dandyism Dan"dy*ism, n. The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

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  • dandyism — index pride Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • dandyism — noun Date: 1819 1. the style or conduct of a dandy 2. a literary and artistic style of the latter part of the 19th century marked by artificiality and excessive refinement …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dandyism — See dandily. * * * …   Universalium

  • dandyism — noun The manners and dress of a dandy. Syn: foppishness …   Wiktionary

  • dandyism — dan·dy·ism || dændɪzm n. excessive concern with one s clothes and appearance …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dandyism — n. Foppishness, foppery, man millinery …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • dandyism — dan·dy·ism …   English syllables

  • dandyism — noun the manner and dress of a fop or dandy • Syn: ↑foppishness • Derivationally related forms: ↑foppish (for: ↑foppishness) • Hypernyms: ↑manner, ↑personal m …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dandy — This article is about the persons. For other uses, see Dandy (disambiguation). Sporty Parisian dandies of the 1830s: a girdle helped one achieve this silhouette. The man on the left wears a frock coat, the man on the right wears a morning coat …   Wikipedia

  • 1795-1820 in fashion — Fashion in the period 1795 1820 in European and European influenced countries saw the final triumph of undress or informal styles over the brocades, lace, periwigs, and powder of the earlier eighteenth century. In the aftermath of the French… …   Wikipedia

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