† buckismn.
Obsolete.
The practice of a ‘buck’ or dandy.
ΘΚΠ
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
1753 Scots Mag. May 241/1 Two gentlemen of great quality, professors of Buckism.
1798 T. Morton Secrets Worth Knowing iii. ii I was once a delightful auctioneer—my present trade is buckism.
1804 Miniature (1806) II. 11 To grant licences to all professors of buckism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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