Толковый словарь английского языка - dandy
Dandy
dandy
I. noun (plural dandies) Etymology: probably short for jack-a-~, from 1jack + a (of) + ~ (origin unknown) Date: circa 1780 a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance, something excellent in its class, ~ish adjective ~ishly adverb II. adjective (dandier; -est) Date: 1792 of, relating to, or suggestive of a ~ ; foppish , very good ; first-rate
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n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a man unduly devoted to style, smartness, and fashion in dress and appearance. 2 colloq. an excellent thing. --adj. (dandier, dandiest) esp. US colloq. very good of its kind; splendid, first-rate. Phrases and idioms dandy-brush a brush for grooming a horse. dandy roll (or roller) a device for solidifying, and impressing a watermark in, paper during manufacture. Derivatives dandyish adj. dandyism n. Etymology: 18th c.: perh. orig. = Andrew, in Jack-a-dandy ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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