fop

See also: FOP

English

Etymology

From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”). Akin to German foppen (“to jeer”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /fɒp/
Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

fop (plural fops)

A vain man; a dandy.
- 2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like
  And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"

Synonyms

(a vain man): dandy, dude, dood, masher, popinjay, coxcomb, metrosexual, barbermonger

Derived terms

Translations

vain man

Bulgarian: конте (konte)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: keikari (fi)
French: bellâtre (fr) m
Hindi: छैल (hi) m (chail), दम्भी (hi) (dambhī), बाँका (hi) (bāṃkā)

Irish: aibhseoir m, baothán m, gaige m, scóitséir m
Russian: хлыщ (ru) m (xlyšč), щёголь (ru) m (ščógolʹ), пижо́н (ru) m (pižón)
Serbo-Croatian: kicoš (sh) m, gizdavac (sh) m
Spanish: vano (es) m
Swedish: sprätt (sv) c

See also

Anagrams

FPO, PFO, POF

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

fop

first-person singular present indicative of foppen
imperative of foppen

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