dandification
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌdæn.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdæn.də.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
dandification (countable and uncountable, plural dandifications)
- The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
- 2010, Graham Robb, Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris, page 122:
- About twenty young men in varying states of dilapidation and dandification sat and sprawled around a table covered in green baize.
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Translations[edit]
condition or state of a man who is concerned about his clothes and appearance
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