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tidy
English
Etymology
From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), equivalent to tide (“time”) +? -y. Cognate with Dutch tijdig (“timely”), Middle Low German t?dich (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?di/
- Rhymes: -a?di
Adjective
tidy (comparative tidier, superlative tidiest)
- Arranged neatly and in order.
- Not messy; neat and controlled.
- (colloquial) Satisfactory; comfortable.
- (colloquial) Generous, considerable.
- (obsolete) In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
- 1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
- if weather be fair and tidy
- 1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
- (obsolete) Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
- Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.
Synonyms
- (arranged neatly): neat, orderly, presentable, spick and span; see also Thesaurus:orderly or Thesaurus:clean
- (at the right time): opportune, seasonable; see also Thesaurus:timely
- (appropriate or suitable): apt, fit; see also Thesaurus:suitable
Antonyms
- (not messy): messy, untidy
Derived terms
- hair-tidy
Related terms
- tidily
- tidiness
Translations
Verb
tidy (third-person singular simple present tidies, present participle tidying, simple past and past participle tidied)
- To make tidy; to neaten.
Translations
Noun
tidy (plural tidies)
- A tabletop container for pens and stationery.
- A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
- (dated) A child's pinafore.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- The wren.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
Translations
Interjection
tidy
- (Wales) Expression of agreement or positive acknowledgement, usually in reply to a question; great, fine.
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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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