Meaning of DAPPER
| Pronunciation: | | 'dapur
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| | Definition: | | [adj] marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" |
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| | Synonyms: | | dashing, fashionable, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spiffy, spruce, stylish |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dap"per\, a. [OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave,
valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty,
OSlav. dobr[u^] good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. {Deft}.]
Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or
appearance; lively.
He wondered how so many provinces could be held in
subjection by such a dapper little man. --Milton.
The dapper ditties that I wont devise. --Spenser.
Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. --Julian
Hawthorne.
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| | Related Terms: | | bandbox, braw, chic, chichi, classy, clothes-conscious, cosmopolitan, dashing, doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressy, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, genteel, jaunty, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, posh, rakish, recherche, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, spruce, style-conscious, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed |
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