foppish

adjective fop·pish \ ˈfä-pish \

Updated on: 23 Mar 2018

Definition of foppish

1 obsolete : foolish, silly

2 a : characteristic of a fop

a foppish dressing gown

b : behaving or dressing in the manner of a fop

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foppishly

adverb

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foppishness

noun

Recent Examples of foppish from the Web

As foppish Andrew Aguecheek, Jacob Dresch is particularly funny with his physicality.

— matthew j. palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, "'Twelfth Night' finds the funny, in Elizabethan style," 8 Mar. 2018
Neither Bradley Whitford’s foppish, flappy bow tie nor Daniel Kaluuya’s unusual cigar-brown velvet tuxedo provoked any pointed barbs or even raised eyebrows from the fashion police on E! and ABC.

— jacob gallagher, WSJ, "Men Had It Easy on the Oscars Red Carpet. What If They Didn’t?," 5 Mar. 2018
Making this pronouncement is officious Lord Nooth, the governor of the area's spiffy bronze age town, who's played by Hiddleston like a foppish, money-hungry Roman provincial functionary with a truly eccentric accent.

— kenneth turan, latimes.com, "The gently amusing "Early Man" showcases Nick Park's offbeat humor," 15 Feb. 2018
The generous, foppish satin bows draped floppily across the toes will cheer up even the most lugubrious shoe fetishist.

— lauren ingram, WSJ, "Party Shoes with Bows: Would You Go High or Low?," 7 Dec. 2017
Weekday lunches are equally buzzy; stately but relaxed affairs with a mix of MPs, moguls, foppish eccentrics, and women in the latest Roksanda dresses.

— steven stolman, Town & Country, "The Goring Is the Queen's Favorite Hotel in London," 24 Oct. 2016
To mark the occasion, Lubanski gave Frazee a foppish stuffed bunny with satin, pink paws.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "California’s Bunny Museum Hops to a New Home," 9 Mar. 2017
But gardening isn't just for middle-aged women or foppish 17th-century French kings anymore.

— geoff kirsch, Alaska Dispatch News, "Reflections from an improbable gardener in Juneau," 29 July 2017
Her characters are played large – very large in some cases, especially Cal Harris as a deliciously foppish Prince John.

— david lyman, Cincinnati.com, "'Marian or the True Tale of Robin Hood' a feather in Know Theatre's cap," 29 July 2017

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