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foppish

How to use foppish in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for foppish.

Editorial note

It just looks like a wide, foppish, transparent "M".

Examples8
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of foppish gathered in one view.

adjective

affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for foppish.

adjective

affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

Example sentences

1

It just looks like a wide, foppish, transparent "M".

2

I'm merely pointing out that it isn't some 18th century foppish hat to be cast aside.

3

I think you're really just justifying your foppish clothing budgets.

4

Racism, when not physically threatening, always strikes me as being foppish.

5

There seems to be an idea that some ways of telling your computer what to do are too foppish and that if you are serious about it you use a language from 40 years ago.

6

Is there any country whose leaders are so foppish as to believe what they read on Twitter as though it were some actual diplomatic channel, or even an early warning system?Color me skeptical, sir.

7

My foppish New-Englander is showing, but I always keep an Opinel No. 8 on hand as a picnicking knife, in case I need to cut cheese or salami that I buy, and my fiancee keeps one in her purse for the same reason.

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You'd essentially be stating that a whole domain of tradition, practice, and procedure which organically grows and evolves, and I might add, in almost logical progressions at times, was ousted by the whims of one foppish professor who gamed everyone into liking something he liked simply because he liked it and was impassioned enough about it.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use foppish in a sentence?

It just looks like a wide, foppish, transparent "M".

What does foppish mean?

affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

What part of speech is foppish?

foppish is commonly used as adjective.