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fop

/fäp/

noun
- 1. a man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way; a dandy.
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘fool’): perhaps related to fob2.
Scrabble Points: 8
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Fop
Pejorative
Fop became a pejorative term for a man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England. Some of the many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning 'parrot'), dandy, fashion-monger, and ninny. Macaroni was another term of the 18th century more specifically concerned with fashion. Wikipedia
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