10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOPPISHLY»
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A popular and complete English dictionary
FOPPISHLY. 656. FORCE. Foppisult, fopplsh-le, ado. With vain ostentation of
dress; in a trifling or affected manner. Fofpisuness, fop'plsh-nls, n, Vanity and
extravagance in dress; showy vanity. For, for, [Sax. for, or fore; D. voor; G. fur and
vor; ...
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Anthology of Russian Literature: From the Tenth Century to ...
( To her husband.) You see here that distinguished cavalier who is doing us the
extreme honour. Weathervane (bending, greets him foppishly). I wish to be a son-
in-law. . . . Indolent (seating himself). He who wants to sit down, let him sit down.
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Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language
Foppishly, fop'-plsh-le. ad. vaialy, oslnutatious- » [vanity. Foppishness, fnp'-pîsh-
n&s. vanity, ъЬолуу For, for. pm). because of; with respect to; considered as, in
the place of; for the sake of; in comparative respect. For, for. conj. because, on
this ...
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Style and Narrative in Translations: The Contribution of ...
(Gogol 1973b: 85-86) [Sometimes our artist wanted to go on a binge, to dress
foppishly, in a word to show off his youth somewhere. But for all that he was able
to take himself in hand. ...S0metimes he became vexed, when he m how a
visiting ...
Amongst the twenty four translations of “foppishly determined” submitted under a
competition for a new translation in 1954, both meanings were equally
represented; the “hejskovsky výbojný” [rakishly belligerent], “hejskovsky
odhodlaný” ...
Jirí Levý, Ji?í Levý, Zuzana Jettmarova,
2011
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A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
815.40 R. and B. 8.1160 Foppishly. Foppishly sensitive, but has paid its pang.
727.22 R. and B. 5.36 Fop's. That minion's prayer, the other fop's reproach,
738.15 R. and B. 5.904 Mused on how a tool's good word (Fop's word) could fill a
...
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A general Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the ...
Foppishly. Finis, fi'-nls, ». The end, conclusion. Finish, fln-lsh, v. a. To perfect,
make complète. Finisber, flnílsh-àr, ». One who Anishes. Finite, fî-nite, a. Limited,
bounded. Finiteness, fï^nite-uès, ». Limitation. Finless, fln'-les, a. Without Ans.
Finny ...
Stephen Jones, Thomas Sheridan,
1812
"When I first moved to New York, I inadvertendy ended up living in a very gay
neighborhood on the Upper West Side," he relates. "I was terrified by the gay
community! When I walked home from the subway, there would be a group of
foppishly ...
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Nollekens and His Times: Comprehending a Life of that ...
... almond-tree in full blossom, near to which he himself lay, at a short distance
from the Metropolis. Whitefoord, who never ventured abroad but with a full
determination to be noticed, dressed himself foppishly, particularly so in some
instances ...
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Stories of Freedom in Black New York
59 The whole incident merely confirmed for the Commercial Advertiser's man,
and doubtless for most of his readers as well, an all-too-easy connection
between foppishly dressed blacks, fancy language, and obfuscation if not
prevarication.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOPPISHLY»
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LA punk trilogy Decline goes digital
... when Crash returned from a trip to England a few months before his death obsessed with Adam Ant, foppishly dressed and wearing war paint ... «NWAOnline, Jun 15»
NOLA Project's new take on 'Robin Hood' springs to life at City Park
Making a delicious villain, Alex Wallace goes hilariously over the treetops as the foppishly vain King John. Wallace also directed the stage ... «NOLA.com, May 15»
New York City FC issue fans with awful song sheets
Or, as they so foppishly refer to it over there, soccer? New York City Football Club is a brand new team and one that will boast Frank Lampard ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
NYC FC Says Its Supporters Group Is Handing Out Those Much …
Foppishly! "It's interesting this is all of a sudden a controversy," von Wuthenau says. "The Third Rail is a great supporters club," he says of the ... «Village Voice, May 15»
What was a Nottingham night out like 150 years ago?
Some of the men were still dressed in their work clothes, some had cleaned up for the evening, and two men were described as "foppishly ... «Nottingham Post, Mar 15»
Review: Nick Jones' 'Verite' Mocks Writer's Ambitions
... that nobody wants to publish, is lured into betraying her ethics for money dangled by a pair of foppishly funny, politely sinister book editors. «New York Times, Feb 15»
The Wachowskis show off their visual flair in Jupiter Ascending
Beyond the slick effects, the special sauce to Jupiter Ascending lies in the foppishly wicked performances by the three actors playing the ... «Charleston City Paper, Feb 15»
WATCH: Colorado brewers fire back as Budweiser mocks craft beer …
At one point in the commercial, a guy with a handlebar moustache and beard is shown foppishly sniffing a tulip-shaped glass of beer. The text ... «FOX31 Denver, Feb 15»
The Theory of Everything
We first meet Hawking as a foppishly handsome Cambridge student, who clocks eyes with the pretty Poetry undergraduate Jane at a party in ... «RTE.ie, Dec 14»
SOUND OFF: PETER PAN LIVE! Proves Magic Is Alive & Well
His acting has to foppishly flamboyant. Walken's portrayal was the exact opposite. I found nothing humorous in his performance. I was also ... «Broadway World, Dec 14»