English Dictionary: foppishness | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fumitory \Fu"mi*to*ry\, n. [OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop., smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See {Fume}, and {Terrace}.] (Bot.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. {F. officinalis} is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic. {Climbing fumitory} (Bot.), the Alleghany vine ({Adlumia cirrhosa}); a biennial climbing plant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Favaginous \Fa*vag"i*nous\, a. [L. favus a honeycomb.] Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fob \Fob\, n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.] A little pocket for a watch. {Fob chain}, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Foppish \Fop"pish\, a. Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners. Syn: Finical; spruce; dandyish. See {Finical}. -- {Fop"pish*ly}, adv. -- {Fop"pish*ness}, n. |