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dan·dy  audio  (dnd) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. dan·dies
  1. A man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; a fop.
  2. Something very good or agreeable.
  3. Nautical See yawl.
ADJECTIVE:
dan·di·er , dan·di·est
  1. Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish.
  2. Fine; good.
ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps short for jack-a-dandy, fop

OTHER FORMS:
dandi·ly (Adverb), dandy·ish (Adjective), dandy·ish·ly (Adverb), dandy·ism (Noun)


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