fop

See also: FOP

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɒp/
• 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, barbermonger

Derived terms

• fopling
• foppish

Translations

vain man

• Bulgarian: конте (konte)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: keikari (fi)
• French: bellâtre (fr) m
• Hindi: छैल (hi) m (chail), दम्भी (hi) (dambhī), बाँका (hi) (bā̃kā)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: aibhseoir m, baothán m, gaige m, scóitséir m
• Russian: хлыщ (ru) m (xlyšč), щёголь (ru) m (ščógolʹ), пижо́н (ru) m (pižón)
• Serbo-Croatian: kicoš (sh) m, gizdavac (sh) m
• Spanish: vano (es) m
• Swedish: sprätt (sv) c

See also

• dandy
• dude, dood
• macaroni

Anagrams

• FPO, PFO, POF

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

fop

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of foppen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of foppen