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dapper
English
Etymology
From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian ????? (dèbeo) ‘fat’).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?dæp?(?)/
- Rhymes: -æp?(r)
Adjective
dapper (comparative dapperer, superlative dapperest)
- Neat, trim.
- 1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:
- This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.
- 1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:
- Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
- 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet:
- Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.
- 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet:
- Quick; little and active.
Derived terms
- Dapper Dan
Translations
Anagrams
- Eppard, adprep, parped, rapped
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dapper, from Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.
Adjective
dapper (attributive dappere, comparative dapperder, superlative dapperste)
- brave, courageous
Derived terms
- dapperheid
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?.p?r/
- Hyphenation: dap?per
- Rhymes: -?p?r
Adjective
dapper (comparative dapperder, superlative dapperst)
- brave, courageous
Inflection
Derived terms
- dapperheid
- verdapperen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dapper
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shapely
English
Etymology
From Middle English schaply, schappely, schaplike, schapliche (“well-shaped, beautiful, attractive”), perhaps from Old English *?es?eapl?? (“according to design, proper, fit”) (suggested by Old English ?es?eapl??e (“properly, fitting, well”)), equivalent to shape +? -ly.
Adjective
shapely (comparative shapelier or more shapely, superlative shapeliest or most shapely)
- Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:shapely
Derived terms
- shapeliness
Translations
Anagrams
- Shapley, physeal
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