different between dandyism vs dandyish
dandyism
English
Etymology
dandy +? -ism
Noun
dandyism (countable and uncountable, plural dandyisms)
- The manners and dress of a dandy.
Synonyms
- foppishness
Translations
References
- dandyism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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dandyish
English
Etymology
dandy +? -ish
Adjective
dandyish (comparative more dandyish, superlative most dandyish)
- Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.
- 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter 2,[1]
- The latter was a stranger to him but in the darkness, by the aid of the glowing cigarette tips, he could make out a pale dandyish face over which a smile was travelling slowly, a tall overcoated figure and a hard hat.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 3,
- As he crossed the drawing room he acknowledged himself with a flattered smile in a mirror. He was wearing a wing collar, and something dandyish in him, some memory of the licence and discipline of being in a play, lifted his mood.
- 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter 2,[1]
Synonyms
- dandiacal
- foppish
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