foppishadj.
/ˈfɒpɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfɑpɪʃ/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]
dizzyc825
unwisec825
redelessOE
unwittyc1000
daftlikec1175
witlessc1175
canga1225
adoted?c1225
cangun?c1225
egedec1225
cangeda1250
foola1250
snepea1250
aerwittec1275
sotlyc1275
unslyc1275
unwitterc1275
unwilya1300
nicec1300
goosishc1374
unskilfulc1374
follyc1380
lewdc1380
mis-feelinga1382
dottlec1390
foltedc1390
peevishc1400
fona1425
fonnishc1425
foliousa1450
foolisha1450
daft?c1450
doitedc1450
dotyc1450
daffish1470
insapientc1470
gucked?a1500
wanwittya1500
furious1526
insipient1528
seelya1529
dawish?1529
foolage1545
momish1546
base-wittedc1547
stultitiousa1549
follifulc1550
senseless1565
mopish1568
fondish1579
unsensiblea1586
fondly1587
dizzardly1594
follial1596
featlessc1598
fopperly1599
gowkeda1605
inept1604
simple1604
anserine1607
foppish1608
silly ass1608
unsage1608
wisdomless1608
fool-beggeda1616
Gotham1621
noddy1645
badot1653
dosser-headed1655
infrunite1657
nonsensicalc1661
slight1663
sappy1670
datelessa1686
noddy-peaked1694
nizy1709
dottled1772
gypit1804
shay-brained1806
folly-stricken1807
fool-like1811
goosy1811
spoony1813
niddle-noddle1821
gumptionless1823
daftish1825
anserous1826
as crazy as a loon1830
spoonish1833
cheese-headed1836
dotty1860
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
dilly1873
gormless1883
daffy1884
monkey-doodle1886
mosy1887
jay1891
pithecanthropic1897
peanut-headed1906
dinlo1907
boob1911
goofy1921
ding-a-ling1935
jerky1944
jerk1947
jerkish1948
pointy-headed1950
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
nerkish1975
numpty1992
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 161 Wise men are growne foppish, They know not how their wits doe weare. View more context for this quotation
1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. Ep. to Rdr. sig. bv I..oppose your Diæticall prescriptions as foppish.
a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 25 Your tale..Of patient hopes, and dull delay, Love's foppish part.
2. Resembling or befitting a fop or dandy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > dandyish
quaintc1330
skipjack1598
satin1603
coxcombly1610
prigginga1627
coxcombical1649
skipjackly1674
jessamy1696
beauish1699
foppish1699
priggish1701
Jemmy Jessamine1786
macaronian1792
buckish1806
dandy1813
dandified1826
dandyish1826
Brummellian1829
dandyic1832
dandiacal1834
squirtish1843
macaronyish1858
fine-gentlemanish1865
foppy1878
dude1879
dudish1883
fancy1891
1699 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 366 He was a vain, foppish young man.
1734 H. Fielding Intrig. Chambermaid i. iv. 9 Dotingly fond of every thing that is fine and foppish.
1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 137 We must..condemn such instances..as foppish and affected.
1836 Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xv. 366 There is nothing foppish in his dress.
1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xvii. 307 Bowing in a most foppish manner.
Derivatives
ˈfoppishly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adverb] > dandyishly
coxcombically1654
priggishly1721
buckishly1820
dandily1834
dandyishly1868
foppishly1876
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋252 Whatever the schools foppishly prattle.
1876 J. Saunders Lion in Path xvi A young man foppishly dressed.
ˈfoppishness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun]
wantonnessc1405
absurdity1529
monstruousness1545
impertinency1573
ridiculousness1573
monstrousness1574
absurd1581
absurdness1582
incongruity1597
fancy1598
delirium1599
monstruosity1604
absurdum1606
foppishness1611
impertinence1616
nonsense1630
impertinentness1645
irrationality1647
monstrosity1651
nonsensicality1652
ridicule1668
ridicule1672
nonsensicalness1674
maggotry1706
preposterousness1727
zanyship1766
ridiculosity1773
drollness1823
stultification1832
nonsensity1834
farcicality1849
cockeyedness1858
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > style or condition of
wantonnessc1405
beauship1696
foppery1697
beauetry1702
foppishness1741
buckism1753
macaronism1775
buckishness1803
dandiness1819
dandyism1819
petit maitreship1822
dandyhood1823
petit maitreism1824
dandification1827
exquisitism1833
beauism1844
dandydomc1850
tigerishness1869
dudedom1883
dudeism1883
dudery1883
dudeness1884
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sotise,..absurditie, follie, foppishnesse.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. liv. 338 That Foppishness of Dress and Appearance, which distinguishes the Petits-maîtres.
1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 153 A little foppishness in a young man is good.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1608