Dandy Definition

dăndē
dandier, dandies, dandiest
noun
dandies
A man who pays too much attention to his clothes and appearance; fop.
Webster's New World
A meticulously well-dressed man.
Webster's New World
Something very good or first-rate.
Webster's New World
A kind of British yawl or ketch.
Webster's New World
A dandy roller.
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adjective
dandier, dandiest
Of or for a dandy; foppish.
Webster's New World
Very good; first-rate.
Webster's New World
Almost first rate.
What a dandy little laptop you have.
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Other Word Forms of Dandy

Noun

Singular:
dandy
Plural:
dandies

Adjective

Base Form:
dandy
Comparative:
dandier
Superlative:
dandiest

Origin of Dandy

  • Perhaps short for jack-a-dandy fop

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dandy Sentence Examples

  • He was no dandy, and that was a fact.

  • The Mogul court of Delhi, especially during the reign of Mahommed Shah, nicknamed Rangila or the " dandy," greatly influenced change in these matters.

  • But it was a studious life, as well as the life of a dandy, that he led at Carlton House Terrace.

  • Some pretty dandy comes along and right away you drop me like a...

  • I think you'd look just dandy in a groovy hand-made hat by my friend Kiaran.

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Words Starting With

DDADAN

Words Ending With

YDYNDY

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Words Starting With D and Ending With Y

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