different between foppish vs dandyish

English

Etymology

From fop +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?p.??/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

foppish (comparative more foppish, superlative most foppish)

1. Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.

Synonyms

• dandy

Translations

English

Etymology

dandy +? -ish

Adjective

dandyish (comparative more dandyish, superlative most dandyish)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• dandiacal
• foppish