dapper
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English daper, from Middle Dutch dapper "stalwart, nimble", from Proto-Germanic *dapraz ‘heavy; bold’ (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
dapper (comparative more dapper, superlative most dapper)
- Neat, trim.
- 1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:
- This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.
- 1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:
- Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
- 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet:
- Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.
- 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet:
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
neat, trim
stylishly or neatly dressed
|
Anagrams [edit]
Afrikaans [edit]
Adjective [edit]
dapper (comparative: dapperder, superlative: dapperste)
Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.
Pronunciation [edit]
-
audio (file)
Adjective [edit]
dapper (comparative dapperder, superlative dapperst)