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See also: FOP
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”). Akin to German foppen (“to jeer”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɒp/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /fɑp/
- Rhymes: -ɒp
Noun[edit]
fop (plural fops)
- (dated) 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[edit]
- (a vain man): dandy, dude, dood, masher, popinjay, coxcomb, metrosexual, barbermonger
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
vain man
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
fop
- inflection of foppen:
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