10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANDYISH»
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Evelyn Waugh and the Modernist Tradition
... not of the dandyish character, but of the dandyish narrator. It comes out in the
special tone of the early novels, and particularly in the narrator's studied
neutrality towards actions and attitudes which by ordinary decent standards, cry
out to be ...
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Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
Dandyish. See. Foppish. Danger. Peril. Hazard. Bisk. Jeopardy. Venture. Danger
(Fr. danger) is the liability or exposure to evil of any kind. Danger is general and
contingent, and may be remote. It is the generic term. *' Such men as he be ...
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New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary
... affected or dandyish manner Attillatamente , ado. very elegantly, like a dandy
or Hon, with affectation Attillalczza, sf. affectation in dress, dandyism Allillalo, -a,
adj. dressed out like a doll, dandyish , affected; far 1' allillalo , to play the
exquisile ...
John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti, 1869
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Humiliation: And Other Essays on Honor, Social Discomfort, ...
In this it is not unlike the terse hypermasculine Clint Eastwood style, but its cold
wit bears the markings of decadence, dandyism, and effeteness, and this gender-
bending helps make dandyish violence particularly unsettling and more violent in
...
Among the merely commemo- z rated is the dandyish figure of William
Shakespeare, erected in 1 740 on one of —i the east walls, and thus starting a
trend that looks set to continue well into this a» century. Even mavericks like
Oscar Wilde, ...
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The Cambridge Companion to the Poetry of the First World War
Others ofthe students, however – notably, Rosenberg's friend David Bomberg
and his acquaintance Mark Gertler – are distinctly dandyish, even foppish, with
flowing neckties and huge, soft, bucket-shaped hats (Bomberg painted himself ...
7
Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry
In a mode that is a mirror-reversal of the dandyish, it sees the clock has stopped
and says, “The clock has stopped,” adding that it ticked quite well yesterday. In
each case, a tiny particle of social comedy infuses a brilliant phrase.
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Mongolian-English Dictionary
FAHFAJIAX v.i. To be dressy or dandyish. 'FANGI'AN / FAHFAH ' =i adj. Dressy,
dandyish. FANGI'U- , etc. 1% Same as j/angxu-, etc. _I'A§I)GI'UNA' ' v.i. To honk (
as geese, etc.). , q) I'ANGI'UR / FAHFAP 13) See under gynggyr. 'I'ANGGENA- ...
Ferdinand D Lessing, 2013
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'Twas the Night After Christmas
He couldn't help that he liked it when Mother showed him how to play the
pianoforte, which Father called “dandyish.” And if he sometimes hid when Father
wanted to take him riding, it was only because Father always berated him for not
doing ...
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French Romantic Travel Writing: Chateaubriand to Nerval
Although others like Dumas preferred to play the adventurer on the hunt for thrills,
a dandyish self-consciousness thus often accompanied the cheerful hedonism
that emerged after 1815. This self-consciousness made these younger writers ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DANDYISH»
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Introducing… The History Of Rock
These were not by any means the faintly dandyish figures of the following decades. Rather, these were diligent newspapermen with musical ... «Uncut.co.uk, Jul 15»
The David Lynchian Overtones of True Detective's Second Season
... onetime rock star Rick Springfield) once, but he seems to be no less flamboyant, with his immobile face and his dandyish clothes (that ascot!). «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
The Lynchian Overtones of True Detective S2
... onetime rock star Rick Springfield) once, but he seems to be no less flamboyant, with his immobile face and his dandyish clothes (that ascot!). «Vulture, Jul 15»
Ken Olisa interview: Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London on using his …
His other, less dandyish, gesture was to take French lessons. Fast forward more than three decades and the bow tie is still present, the French ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Infinitely Polar Bear: Feel-good family film displays the fun side of …
Although he has some specific Boston blue-blood dandyish tics, Cam is an awfully familiar type, an incompetent-but-loving father with ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
A candid Monet makes a cameo in new John Singer Sargent exhibit
A dandyish young man of 28, he posed with his poodle — who bit Sargent during the sittings. “Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood” ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
Saint Laurent
(He also wears the hell out of some ridiculous, dandyish 1970s menswear.) Saint Laurent doesn't probe beyond the expected: The designer is ... «PGH City Paper, Jul 15»
'Inside Out' and what it means to be a Pixar man
On the male side, Fear (Bill Hader) has a dandyish little bow tie and a tendency to swoon, while Anger (Louis Black) has the Dilbert-ish air of a ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
10 Modern Family episodes show why it's still one of TV's biggest hits
... Gloria (Sofia Vergara), his fiery young Colombian trophy wife; Manny (Rico Rodriguez), Gloria's dandyish son; Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen), ... «A.V. Club DC, Jun 15»
Penelope Spheeris' 'Decline of Western Civilization Collection …
It helps that Pacino gives one of his best performances in years, playing his dandyish rocker as a decent guy who's been trapped in the ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
