10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOPPISH»
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foppish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
foppish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... lordly beauish: foppish; dandyish big-sounding: bombastic; pompous bloated
with pride: swollen with pride blown: swollen; distended bluff: rough but kind in
speech blustering: talking boisterously boldfaced: impudent brazen: of hardened
...
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A Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed a New ...
SPAiLticriDEALACiiD, s./, \ ain-glonousness,; ostentatious- ness ; conceitedness;
loppery. , ( \i j;Jil j,,,,, SPAiiLi^HDEit, a. (spaillichd-amhuil.) Vain-glorious •, ps- ''
tehtatious; conceited; foppish. Oganaph spailìichdeil, a foppish fellow.
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
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A Gaelic Dictionary: In Two Parts I. Guelic and English. - ...
Spailliciideii., a. (spaillichd-amhuil.) Vain-glorious; ostentatious ; conceited ;
foppish. Oganach spaillichdeil, a foppish fellow. Spaillichdear, eir, s. m. (
spaillichd-fhear.) A vain-glorious man; an ostentatious man ; a vaunter; a fop; an
egotist.
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
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English synonymes: Explained in alphabetical order
27] Finical is said mostly of manners and speech; spruce is said of the dress;
foppish ... frill or cravat, nor a hair of his head amiss: a foppish gentleman seeks
by extravagance in the cut of his clothes, and by the tawdriness in their
ornaments, ...
George Crabb, J. H. Hedley, 1839
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An Etymological Gujarati English Dictionary
A fop. 2. adj. Foppish; beauish; elegant; gallant; dashing; flashy. &*+£, «./.[ + tnt
44..] An ear-ring worn by men. &9l-»«ftft, adj. [ + toon-a- ] Same as tf«l Foppish.
Prov. 8« isoflJii ftm>,i te,^. |j^ au^ t*ti^ 4^4 iii^ Fops live by empty show. 5«t-fl,8./.
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
FOPPISH. These epithets are applied to such as attempt at finery by improper
means. The FINICAL is insignificantly fine ; the , SPRUCE is laboriously and
artfully fine ; the FOPPISH is fantastically and affectedly fine. The finical is said
mostly of ...
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Sor Juana's Second Dream: A Novel
"He's a rare bird, there's no doubt about that," said Fray Payo, chuckling again, "
but he can paint better than that foppish court artist that the Corregidor has hired
to paint the city's arch." "His Ilustrisima is too kind," said Don Jorge. "That foppish
...
Alicia Gaspar de Alba, 1999
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The Tragedy of King Lear
[S/n#s] Fools had ne'er less grace in a year, For wise men are grown foppish,
And know not how their wits to wear, Their manners are so apish. LEAR When
were you wont to be so full of songs, sirrah? FOOL I have used it, nuncle, e'er
since ...
William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio, 2005
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London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
Id. Fools ne'er had less grace in a year , For wise men are grown foppish. And
know not how their wits to wear. Their manners are so apish. Id. Let not the sound
of shallow foppery enter My sober house. lt\. Merchant of Venice. I was three or ...
foppish. (FOP-ish) adjective of or relating to a fop; dandified; excessively
fastidious in clothing and manners. FOOL. Why—after I have cut the egg i' th'
middle and eat up the meat—the two crowns of the egg. When thou clovest thy
crown i' th' ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOPPISH»
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foppish is used in the context of the following news items.
Big Brother's Nick Henderson struggles after Harry Amelia's eviction …
Looking glum as he took to the sofas, the foppish contestant seemed to lose all sense of perspective over his friend's exit - acting like it was a ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Strunk and White's Macho Grammar Club - The Daily Beast
Why is purple prose purple? Because purple has been synonymous with foppish unmanliness ever since Oscar Wilde wore mauve gloves to ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
Something to laugh about - Hindustan Times
Hugh Laurie's foppish, idiotish Prince of Wales is super fun to watch. Stephen Fry is hilarious as the bloodthirsty Duke of Wellington. Though I ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
Review: A Little Chaos - Arkansas Online
(And Stanley Tucci, who shows up briefly as foppish Duke of Orleans.) An early scene in which Sabine mistakes the king -- who has ventured ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
Making a killing
The Yuppie Don, as the media called the foppish gangster, bought homes on Long Island and in Florida and California, a private jet and a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Are 'Poldark' & 'Justified' Secretly The Same Exact Show? | Decider …
Poldark isn't about a foppish dude who sits around in drawing rooms waiting for life to happen. It's about a reckless, but heroic young man, who ... «Decider, Jul 15»
Death, God and the NSA: a friendly chat with Dylan Moran - Life …
His hair also gets a good run in the media— as a 'foppish', 'messy' and 'unwashed' mass. On getting to middle age. 'At that stage you really ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
'Peter Pan' a great family outing in the park
He's a dandy of a captain — foppish, foolish and scary in just the right mix — a cartoon come to life. The park's volume appears lower than past ... «Foster's Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
Renaissance Man Eric Carle Museum opens new exhibit on late …
... that are part of the show, was published without any type; its closeup of the face of the clever feline, in a ruffled collar and broad, foppish hat, ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»
Gire: Slapstick triumphs over smarts in 'Minions'
So, Scarlet names the trio as her new hench-thingajigs, just in time for them to help her and her foppish, ultra-mod scientist husband Herb (Jon ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
