incroyablen.
/aŋkrɔɪˈɑːblə/ A contemporary name for the French fop or dandy of the period of the Directory. The term seems to have originated in 1795; according to Littré, it had reference not only to the extravagant dress of the fops, but also to their frequent use of the phrase ‘C'est vraiment incroyable’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy
popa1500
miniona1513
prick-me-daintya1529
puppy?1544
velvet-coat1549
skipjack1554
coxcomb1567
musk cat?1567
physbuttocke1570
Adonis?1571
Adon1590
foretop1597
musk-cod1600
pretty fellow1600
sparkc1600
spangle-baby1602
flash1605
barber-monger1608
cocoloch1610
dapperling1611
fantastica1613
feather-cock1612
trig1612
jack-a-dandy?1617
gimcrack1623
satinist1639
powder puffa1653
fop1676
prig1676
foplinga1681
cockcomb1684
beau garçona1687
shape1688
duke1699
nab1699
smirk1699
beau1700
petty master1706
moppet1707
Tom Astoner1707
dapper1709
petit maître1711
buck1725
toupee1727
toupet1728
toupet-man1748
jemmy1753
jessamy1753
macaroni1764
majoc1770
monkeyrony1773
dandyc1780
elegant1780
muscadin1794
incroyable1797
beauty man1800
bang-up1811
natty1818
ruffian1818
exquisite1819
heavy swell1819
marvellous1819
bit of stuff1828
merveilleux1830
fat1832
squirt1844
dandyling1846
ineffable1859
guinea pig1860
Dundreary swell1862
masher1872
dude1877
mash1879
dudette1883
dand1886
heavy gunner1890
posh1890
nut1904
smoothie1929
fancy-pants1930
saga boy1941
fancy Dan1943
1797 H. Swinburne Let. in Courts of Europe (1841) II. 181 The men were clean, many in English dresses, but there were also a good many extravagants, or incroyables.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ix. 20/2 Wert not thou, at one period of life, a Buck, or Blood, or Macaroni, or Incroyable, or Dandy, or by whatever name..such phenomenon is distinguished?
1887 Westm. Rev. Nov. 947 The republican young man of fashion, the incroyable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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