different between dressed vs dappa

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

dressed

1. simple past tense and past participle of dress
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.

   the girls were dressed in green; the shrimp sandwich dressed with lettuce and tomato is their top seller

Translations

Adjective

dressed (not comparable)

1. Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared. [from 14th c.]
2. Prepared for eating, especially by the addition of specific condiments or dressing. [from 16th c.]
3. Wearing clothes; attired (now often with qualifying word). [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• (wearing clothes): dressed, raimented; see also Thesaurus:clothed

Anagrams

• eddress

English

Etymology

From dapper.

Noun

dappa (plural dappas)

1. (Tyneside, derogatory) A term used to insult those who are smartly dressed:

   "Hoo man ye dappa!"

2. (Tyneside) Dapper, smart.

Usage notes

• Often used by those whose cultural background may preclude them from dressing smartly e.g. a charva.

Anagrams

• papad