dazzlern.
/ˈdazlə/, /ˈdazl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈdæzlər/ 1. One who dazzles: said e.g. of a ‘showy’ woman. Chiefly slang or colloquial.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person
peacocka1425
ruffler1536
struttera1591
flaunter1598
glisterer1628
tulip1647
parader1747
swasher1821
swash1824
dazzler1839
rooster1840
show-off1841
swankera1846
Vanity-Fairian1847
grandstander1896
spotlighter1907
swank1913
swankpot1914
showboat1932
showboater1941
pavisander1950
a1800 W. Cowper tr. Andreini Adam v. ix, in Wks. (1837) X. 383 Thou Lord immutable..Thou dazzler and obscurer of the sun!
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxvi. 349 Mr. Lumbey shook his head with great solemnity, as though to imply that he supposed she must have been rather a dazzler.
1889 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 27 Sept. [He] appears to be one of these dazzlers. He succeeded in dazzling two of the jury.
2. A dazzling blow. slang.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow > stunning or knocking out
dazzler1883
1883 C. Reade Many a Slip in Harper's Mag. Dec. 132/1 The carter..received a dazzler with the left, followed by a heavy right-hander.
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