fop

See also FOP

English

Etymology

From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”). Akin to German foppen (“to jeer”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fɒp/ X-SAMPA: /fQp/
• Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

fop (plural fops)

1. A vain man; a dandy.
   • 2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like

     And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"

Synonyms

• (a vain man): dandy, dude, dood, masher, popinjay, coxcomb, metrosexual

Translations

vain man

• Bulgarian: конте
• Finnish: keikari (fi)
• French: bellâtre (fr) m
• Hindi: छैल (hi) (chail) m, दम्भी (hi) (dambhī), बाँका (hi) (bāṃkā)

• Russian: фат (ru) (fat) m, хлыщ (ru) (xlyšč) m, щёголь (ru) (ščógol') m, пижон (ru) (pižón) m
• Serbo-Croatian: kicoš m, gizdavac m
• Swedish: sprätt (sv) c

Derived terms

• fopling
• foppish

See also

• dandy
• dude, dood
• macaroni

Anagrams

• FPO
• POF

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Dutch

Verb

fop

1. first-person singular present indicative of foppen
2. imperative of foppen