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Definition: DANDYISM |
DANDYISMNoun1. The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness. |
Date "DANDYISM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Dandyism The manners, etc., of a dandy; like a dandy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affectation | Conceit, foppery, dandyism, man millinery, coxcombry, puppyism. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
George Meredith | Cynicism is intellectual dandyism. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "DANDYISM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DANDYISM" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dandyism | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DANDYISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | الغندورية شدة التأنق, أسلوب أدبي و فني في النصف الثاني من القرن التاسع عشر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | контешко държане. (various references) | |
French | dandysme. (various references) | |
Greek | κομψομανία. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ' "ר ות (coquetry, coquettishness, foppery, foppishness, vanity), טרז ות (foppery). (various references) | |
Hungarian | dendiség. (various references) | |
Italian | dandismo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 伊" (gallantry, showy, vainglorious). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いたて (gallantry, showy, vainglorious), て (gallantry, showy, vainglorious). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andyismday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dandismo, janotismo (foppery). (various references) | |
Russian | дендизм. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kicošenje. (various references) | |
Spanish | currutacasmo. (various references) | |
Swedish | snobberi (foppery, frippery, snobbery, swank). (various references) | |
Turkish | züppelik (foppery, shoddy, snobbery). (various references) | |
Ukranian | франтівство (flaunt), елегантність (chic, elegance, gracefulness, nicety, nuttiness, stylishness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính thích ăn mặc bảnh bao cách ăn mặc đúng mốt, tính thích ăn diện. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DANDYISM": dandyisms. (additional references) | |
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"DANDYISM" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dandism, Dandois, pansyism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DANDYISM" (pronounced da"ndēi'zum) |
| 5 | -ē i' z u m | atheism, cronyism, monotheism, polytheism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cubism, cynicism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-i-m-n-s-y" | |
-1 letter: middays. | |
-2 letters: dismay, midday, misadd. | |
-3 letters: amids, amins, ayins, daisy, damns, dandy, dyads, maids, mains, middy, minas, minds, mynas, mysid, sandy, sayid. | |
-4 letters: adds, aids, aims, ains, amid, amin, amis, ands, anis, ayin, dads, dais, damn, dams, days, didy, dims, dins, dyad, mads, maid, main, mans, many, mays, mids, mina, mind, myna, nays, nims, sadi, said, sain, sand, sima, yams, yids, yins. | |
-5 letters: add, ads, aid, aim, ain, ais, ami, and, ani, any, ays, dad, dam, day, did, dim, din, dis, ids, ins, ism, mad, man, mas, may, mid, mis, nam, nay, nim, sad, say, sim, sin, syn, yam, yid, yin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-i-m-n-s-y" | |
+1 letter: dandyisms. | |
+2 letters: didynamies, undismayed. | |
+5 letters: hydrodynamics. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 41 4E 44 59 49 53 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- -. -.. -.--. .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000001 01001110 01000100 01011001 01001001 01010011 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D A N D Y I S M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0041 004E 0044 0059 0049 0053 004D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3835483859435347 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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