noun
Freq #407933
Meanings
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noun
excessive concern with fashionable dress, grooming, and elegant manners, especially in a man
His jeweled cane added a touch of foppishness to an already elaborate outfit.
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Etymology
Formed from foppish + -ness. Foppish derives from fop, an old term for a foolish or vain man that later narrowed to a man ostentatiously devoted to fashion and manners.