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Definition: Dandyish |
DandyishAdjective1. Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dandyish" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
Synonyms: DandyishSynonyms: dandified (adj), foppish (adj). (additional references) |
| "Dandyish" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "Dandyish" is used about 11 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 81.82% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 18.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "dandyish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Finnish | keikarimainen (foppish). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andyishday.(various references) | |
Romanian | monden (Dandy, fashionable, worldly, worldly-minded), filfizon (coxcomb, Dandy, dude, fop, jackanapes, Johnny, La-di-da, macaroni, Peacock). (various references) | |
Swedish | snobbig (dandified, foppish, high hat, snobbish, snobby, snooty). (various references) | |
Turkish | düzgün (clear-cut, Dandy, fluent, formal, in good trim, ordered, regular, right, shapely, shipshape, slick, smooth, Spruce, Square, straight, trim, unruffled), zarif (canny, classy, clever, courtly, dainty, Dandy, dinky, dressy, elegant, go-go, graceful, gracious, natty, neat, pretty, pulchritudinous, recherche, sharp, stylish, sylphish, sylphlike, sylphy), şık (alternative, chic, choice, classy, dapper, dashing, doggy, dressy, elegant, fashionable, flash, go-go, in the ton, jaunty, mod, nifty, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, sleek, smart, smooth, smug, snappy, snazzy, spicy, spiffing, spiffy, sporty, streamlined, stylish, swagger, swanky, swell, swish, thoroughbred, tidy, tonish, trig, up-market). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có vẻ công tử bột (buckish), bảnh bao (crisp, dashing, smart, spruce, stylish, swell), ăn mặc đúng mốt, ăn diện (dudish). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dandyish": dandyishly. (additional references) | |
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"Dandyish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: candyish, Dandois. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "dandyish" (pronounced 'Dan"dy*ish'): Abolish, Accomplish, Admonish, Affamish, Aguish, Alish, Alumish, Amateurish, Anchoretish, Animalish, Apish, Arrish, Aspish, Assish, Astonish, Babish, Baboonish, Babyish, Babylonish, Baddish, Balkish, Banish, Bardish, Basquish, Batfish, Bearish, Beauish, Bish, Bitterish, Blackish, Blandish, Blindfish, Blockish, Bluish, Bluntish, Boarfish, Boarish, Bobbish, Bogglish, Boobyish, Bookish, Boorish, Borough-English, Boyish, Brackish, Brainish, Brigandish, Brinish, Broadish, Brockish, Brownish, Brutish, Buccaneerish, Buckish, Buffoonish, Bugfish, Bukshish, Bullish, Caddish, Calvish, Canaanitish, Cattish, Cavalierish, Cavendish, Cherish, Childish, Churlish, Clannish, Clayish, Cleverish, Cliquish, Cloddish, Clownish, Clubbish, Cockneyish, Codfish, Coldish, Collish, Coltish, Commonish, Contradistinguish, Coolish, Copperish, Coquettish, Cowardish, Coyish, Crabbish, Crapefish, Crossfish, Cuish, Currish, Czarish, Dampish, Danish, Dankish, Darkish, Dawish, Deadish, Dealfish, Degarnish, Demolish, Depolish, Devilish, Dilettanteish, Dilettantish, Dimish, Disembellish, Disestablish, Disfurnish, Disgarnish, Displenish, Doggish, Doltish, Dotish, Dovish, Dowdyish, Draffish, Dragonish, Dreggish, Drollish, Dronish, Druidish, Drumfish, Dudish, Dullish, Dumpish, Duncish, Dunfish, Dunnish, Duskish, Dwarfish, Eadish, Eddish, Elderish, Elfish, Embellish, Empoverish, Enfamish, Enfeeblish, Enravish, Eremitish, Establish, Evanish, Expolish, Extinguish, Faintish, Fairish, Fallfish, Fastish, Fattish, Fennish, feverish, fiendish, filefish, Finfish, Finnish, Firefish, flatfish, Flattish, Flaundrish, Foolfish, foolish, foppish, Foreadmonish, Forewish, Foxfish, Foxish, Frankish, freakish, Friesish, Froppish, Frubish, frumpish, furbish, Gaddish, garfish, garish, Gaudish, Gaulish, Genteelish, Gentilish, Ghoulish, Gibfish, Girlish, Gluish, Gluttonish, Goarish, goatfish, Goatish, goodish, Goosish, grayish, Greekish, greenish, Guardfish, Guarish, Gullish, Haggish, Half-fish, Handfish, Hardish, Harish, headfish, heathenish, hellish, Henfish, hoggish, Hoidenish, Hollandish, Homish, Hornish, Horse-radish, Houndfish, huffish, Idiotish, Idolish, Illish, impoverish, Indo-English, Inkfish, Inlandish, Interwish, Ironish, Ishmaelitish, Jadish, Japannish, jellyfish, Jewish, Jiggish, Jutlandish, Kecklish, Kelpfish, Kerish, Kiddyish, Kish, Kitish, kittenish, Kittlish, Klipfish, Knackish, Knappish, knavish, Kurdish, ladyfish, Lamish, Laplandish, Lappish, largish, latish, Lettish, Lickerish, Liquorish, Lobbish, Lompish, longish, Loosish, loutish, Lowish, lumpfish, lumpish, lungfish, Luskish, Maddish, Maggotish, Mammonish, mannish, Marrowish, mawkish, Mawmish, mayfish, Minish, Misdistinguish, Missish, Moabitish, mobbish, Mockish, modish, monish, monkish, Moodish, Moonish, Mopish, Mountebankish, Mousefish, Muffish, Muggish, Mulish, Mumpish, Mussulmanish, Netfish, Newish, Niggardish, Niggish, Nightish, Nunnish, Nymphish, Oafish, Oarfish, Oblongish, Offish, Ogreish, Oldish, old-maidish, old-womanish, Outlandish, Outparish, Overbookish, Overfish, Overflourish, Overlavish, Overpolish, Owlish, Paddlefish, Paganish, Palish, Parsonish, Peakish, Pearlfish, Peckish, Peevish, Pelfish, Penfish, Peoplish, Pettish, Picayunish, Pictish, Picturesquish, Piggish, Pinfish, Pinkish, Pipefish, Planish, Plenish, Poltroonish, Popish, Prankish, Preadmonish, Preestablish, Premonish, Prettyish, Priggish, Proudish, Prudish, Puckish, Pulpitish, Puppetish, Puppyish, Purplish, Quackish, Quakerish, Qualmish, Queenfish, Queerish, Quirkish, Quish, Radish, Raffish, Rammish, Ratfish, ravish, Rawish, Rebanish, reddish, Rediminish, reestablish, Reflourish, refurbish, refurnish, relinquish, Repolish, republish, Restinguish, Rhemish, Rhenish, Ribaldish, Ricketish, Riggish, Rish, roguish, Romanish, romish, Ropish, rosefish, roughish, Roundfish, roundish, Routish, Rowdyish, Roynish, Roytish, Rudish, Ruffianish, ruttish, Saintish, Sallowish, Saltish, sandfish, Sandish, sawfish, Scaldfish. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-h-i-n-s-y" | |
-2 letters: danish, sandhi, shandy, shindy. | |
-3 letters: ayins, daisy, dandy, dashi, dashy, dishy, dyads, hands, handy, hinds, sandy, sayid, shady, shiny. | |
-4 letters: adds, aids, ains, ands, anis, ashy, ayin, dads, dahs, dais, dash, days, didy, dins, dish, dyad, hand, hays, hind, hins, hisn, nays, sadi, said, sain, sand, shad, shay, shin, sinh, yids, yins. | |
-5 letters: add, ads, aid, ain, ais, and, ani, any, ash, ays, dad, dah, day, did, din, dis, had, has, hay, hid, hin, his, ids, ins, nah, nay, sad, say, sha, shy, sin, syn, yah, yid, yin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-h-i-n-s-y" | |
+1 letter: hendiadys. | |
+2 letters: anhydrides, dandyishly. | |
+3 letters: hendiadyses. | |
+4 letters: dehydrations. | |
+5 letters: hydrodynamics. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 61 6E 64 79 69 73 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- -. -.. -.--. .. ... .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100001 01101110 01100100 01111001 01101001 01110011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D a n d y i s h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0061 006E 0064 0079 0069 0073 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3867807091758574 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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