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Dandy

//ˈdæn.di// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like a dandy, foppish.
  2. 2
    Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

    "That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?"

  3. 3
    Excellent; first-rate.

    "What a dandy little laptop you have."

Adjective
  1. 1
    excellent wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Clipping of Dandenong. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, singular
  3. 3
    The Dandenong Ranges. in-plural, informal
Noun
  1. 1
    A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

    "The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]"

  2. 2
    A boatman, a rower. India

    "Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice."

  3. 3
    a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost wordnet
  4. 4
    Something excellent in its class.
  5. 5
    A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod. India

    "...the Dandis, distinguished by carrying a small dand or wand..."

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  1. 6
    a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance wordnet
  2. 7
    A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl. British
  3. 8
    An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles. India

    "1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:"

  4. 9
    A dandy roller.
  5. 10
    A small glass of whisky. Ireland, UK, archaic, slang

    "Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off."

  6. 11
    A horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines. historical

    "Other notable instances of horse-drawn vehicles for passenger services were the dandies used on the two-mile branch to Inchture of the Perth-Dundee line of the Caledonian Railway […], and the 2½-mile branch of the North British Railway from Drumburgh to Port Carlisle. […] One of the Port Carlisle dandies was preserved at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, for several years, but is now in the Railway Museum at York."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a "pet"”). Compare English dandle and dander.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a "pet"”). Compare English dandle and dander.

Etymology 3

From Hindi डंडी (ḍaṇḍī, “rod, pole”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀕𑀸 (ḍaṃḍigā), from Sanskrit दण्डिका (daṇḍikā), from दण्ड (daṇḍa) + -इका (-ikā).

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