dandify
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Etymology edit
Verb edit
dandify (third-person singular simple present dandifies, present participle dandifying, simple past and past participle dandified)
- To dress as, make into, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XVIII, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 167:
- The Major smiled as he saw the boy dandifying himself in the glass: the old gentleman was not displeased with the appearance of the comely lad.
Synonyms edit
- dandyize (archaic)