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a
: characteristic of a fop
a foppish dressing gown
b
: behaving or dressing in the manner of a fop
foppishly
adverb
foppishness
noun
Examples of foppish in a Sentence
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Audiences and critics alike raved at his hilarious Poor Things performance as foppish lawyer Duncan Wedderburn, who steals Bella away for an international adventure.
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Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
Ruffalo, 56, has earned some of the biggest praise of his career as the foppish Duncan Wedderburn in Lanthimos’ surreally goofy take on Frankenstein.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
Advertisement The Savoyard in this play is Tiberius Spriggs, a foppish 1920s-era theater critic who invites five unsuspecting theater folks and fans to his London flat for a murder-mystery parlor game.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
This foppish dandy is the Penguin in the pantheon of Washington, D.C., DC Comics villains.
—Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
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Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
Ruffalo, 56, has earned some of the biggest praise of his career as the foppish Duncan Wedderburn in Lanthimos’ surreally goofy take on Frankenstein.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
Advertisement The Savoyard in this play is Tiberius Spriggs, a foppish 1920s-era theater critic who invites five unsuspecting theater folks and fans to his London flat for a murder-mystery parlor game.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
This foppish dandy is the Penguin in the pantheon of Washington, D.C., DC Comics villains.
—Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
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“Foppish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foppish. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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