Fop \Fop\, n. [OE. foppe, fop, fool; cf. E. fob to cheat, G.
foppen to make a fool of one, jeer, D. foppen.]
One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a
coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fop
n : a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
[syn: dandy, dude, gallant, sheik, beau, swell,
fashion plate, clotheshorse]
WordNet (r) 2.0
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "fop":
Beau Brummel, arbiter of fashion, beau, blade, blood, boulevardier,
buck, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, coxcomb, dandy, deb,
debutante, dude, exquisite, fashion plate, fashionable,
fine gentleman, fribble, gallant, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes,
lady-killer, lounge lizard, macaroni, man-about-town, masher,
mondain, mondaine, puppy, socialite, spark, sport, subdeb,
subdebutante, swell, swinger, taste-maker, tone-setter,
trend-setter
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
FOP
Formatting Object Processor (Apache)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, gallant, sheik, swell
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