dandy

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ændi

Adjective

dandy (comparative dandier, superlative dandiest)

1. Like a dandy, foppish.
2. Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

   That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost.

3. Almost first rate.

   What a dandy little laptop you have.

Translations

like a dandy

Bulgarian: контешки (bg) Finnish: keikarimainen (fi)

Norwegian: dandy (no) m. Polish: dandysowaty (pl)

very good; better than expected but not as good as could be

Finnish: mainio (fi), erinomainen (fi) Norwegian: kjekt (no) n., (slang) fett nok (no) n.

Portuguese: catita (pt)

almost first rate

Finnish: mainio (fi), erinomainen (fi)

Norwegian: kjekk (no) m., (slang) snasen (no) m., snerten (no) m.

Noun

dandy (plural dandies)

1. A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
2. (UK, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

Synonyms

• (man concerned with appearance): dude, fop, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, popinjay

Derived terms

terms derived from dandy (noun)

dandify dandification

dandyish

Translations

man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance

Bulgarian: конте (bg) (konte), франт (bg) (frant) m. Finnish: keikari (fi) German: Dandy (de) m. Hindi: छैल (hi) (chail) m., छैला (hi) (chailā), छैला (hi) (chailā), बाँका (hi) (bāṃkā), रंगीला (hi) (raṃgīlā)

Polish: dandys (pl) m. Russian: денди (ru) (déndi) m. (indeclinable), франт (ru) (frant) m., щёголь (ru) (ščógol') m., пижон (ru) (pižón) m., хлыщ (ru) (xlyšč) m., фат (ru) (fat) m. Serbian: kicoš m., dasa m. Spanish: dandi (es) m.

yawl — see yawl

small after-sail on a yawl

Finnish: mesaani (fi)

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French: dandy Spanish: dandy (es) m., pijo (Spain), pitoco (Venezuela), pituco (River Plate), popis (Mexico)

See also

• boulevardier
• man about town

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Finnish

Noun

dandy

1. dandy

Declension

Declension of dandy (type valo) singular plural nominative dandy dandyt genitive dandyn dandyjen partitive dandyä dandyjä accusative dandy dandyn dandyt inessive dandyssä dandyissä elative dandystä dandyistä illative dandyyn dandyihin adessive dandyllä dandyillä ablative dandyltä dandyiltä allative dandylle dandyille essive dandynä dandyinä translative dandyksi dandyiksi instructive – dandyin abessive dandyttä dandyittä comitative – dandyineen