dandy

Substantiv

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, — […]

   No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.

   “Gerald Croft is an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town.”

2. 2

   Something excellent in its class.

3. 3

   A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

4. 4

   A dandy roller.

5. 5

   altertümlichA small glass of whisky.

   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. 6

   historischA horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines.

Adjektiv

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.

   Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.

   Its gonna be just dandy / The day I take my Candy / And make him mine all mine

   A perfectly dandy cartoon feature, “The Jungle Book,” scooted into local theaters yesterday just ahead of the big day, and it's ideal for the children.

Substantiv

1. 1

   A boatman, a rower.

   Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice.

2. 2

   A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.

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

3. 3

   An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.

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

   As the darkness closed in... I had to give up the attempt to use the dandy, and struggle on on foot.

   Major Battye and Captain Urmston joined the rear and placed the wounded man in a dandy.

Formen

Plural

dandies

Komparativ

dandier

Superlativ

dandiest