Synonyms for fop

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fop

Phonetic Transcription : fɒp

Définition of fop

Origin : mid-15c., "foolish person," of unknown origin, perhaps related to fob (v.), German foppen "jeer at, make a fool of." Sense of "dandy" is from 1660s.

noun dandy

Example sentences :

She had with her eyes open promised to marry this Englishman--fop!
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

The fop of fields is no better than his brother of Broadway.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mr. Caryll turned to the fop, who happened to be standing at his elbow.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

Why should this fop of a lordling put on this air of contemptuous incredulity?
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

During this short dialogue, the ladies had gone on with the fop.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

But this was a bit of a fop, Adonis, dragoon,—so Venus remained in tête-à-tête with him.
Extract from : « Stories of Comedy » by Various

I know that at home we never let Fop have anything between his meals.
Extract from : « The Talking Horse » by F. Anstey

She stoops to conquer, and it is no wonder that the fop and the fool go down.
Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous

"It seems to me, however, that my services—" stammered the fop.
Extract from : « The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet

Percy was a fop, but he came from a very aristocratic family.
Extract from : « Mason of Bar X Ranch » by Henry Bennett

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