foppish

adjective

fop·​pish ˈfä-pish 

1

obsolete : foolish, silly

2

a

: characteristic of a fop

a foppish dressing gown

b

: behaving or dressing in the manner of a fop

foppishly adverb

foppishness noun

Examples of foppish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Among his electronic competitors was Thomas, a foppish, rail-thin twentysomething with a penchant for provocatively unbuttoned silk shirts, and who spoke nonchalantly about Gaussian functions, Faraday’s law of induction, and something called the hysteresis curve. —Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

And then that version of Nosferatu fell apart, and Bill was cast in The Northman as this sort of foppish cousin of Alexander Skarsgård. —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025

Soon, he’s contracted by the foppish Harry Van Buren (Joe Alwyn) to build a library for his father, the local land magnate Harrison Van Buren (Guy Pearce). —David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025

London’s Harry Styles event saw 12 foppish men in feather boas, Gucci flares, and floppy haircuts vying for the prize. —Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for foppish

• popish