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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of dandy" class="word__name--TTbAA">dandy<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"man who draws attention by unusual finery of dress and fastidiousness manners, a fop," c. 1780, of uncertain origin; attested earliest in a Scottish border ballad:</p> <blockquote class="poetry"> I've heard my granny crack </blockquote> <blockquote class="poetry"> O' sixty twa years back </blockquote> <blockquote class="poetry"> When there were sic a stock of Dandies O </blockquote> <p>etc. In that region, <span class="foreign notranslate">Dandy</span> is diminutive of <a href="/word/Andrew" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Andrew " class="crossreference notranslate">Andrew</a> (as it was in Middle English generally). OED notes that the word was in vogue in London c. 1813-1819. His female counterpart was a <span class="foreign notranslate">dandizette</span> (1821) with French-type ending.</p> <p>Meaning "anything superlative or fine" is from 1786. As an adjective, "characteristic of a dandy, affectedly neat and trim," by 1813; earlier in the sense of "fine, splendid, first-rate" (1785) and in this sense it was very popular c. 1880-1900.</p> <blockquote> DANDY was first applied half in admiration half in derision to a fop about the year 1816. John Bee (Slang Dict., 1823) says that Lord Petersham was the chief of these successors to the departed Macaronis, and gives, as their peculiarities, 'French gait, lispings, wrinkled foreheads, killing king's English, wearing immense plaited pantaloons, coat cut away, small waistcoat, cravat and chitterlings immense, hat small, hair frizzled and protruding.' [Farmer and Henley, "Slang and its Analogues," 1891] </blockquote> <p>The popular guess, since at least 1827, is that it is from French <span class="foreign notranslate">Dandin</span>, a mock surname for a foolish person used in 16c. by Rabelais (<span class="foreign notranslate">Perrin Dandin</span>), also by Racine, La Fontaine, and Molière, from <span class="foreign notranslate">dandiner</span> "to walk awkwardly, waddle" (cognate to English <a href="/word/dandle" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dandle " class="crossreference notranslate">dandle</a>.) Farmer rejects this and derives it from <span class="foreign notranslate">dandyprat</span>, an Elizabethan word for "a dwarf; a page; a young or insignificant person," originally (early 16c.) the name of a small silver coin. Both words are of unknown origin, and OED finds the connection of both to <span class="foreign notranslate">dandy</span> to be "without any apparent ground." English <span class="foreign notranslate">dandy</span> was itself borrowed into French c. 1830.</p> <p>Dictionaries of the Scots Language posits the term might be a back-formation from <span class="foreign notranslate">dandilly</span>, a dialectal word defined as "One who is spoiled or rendered foolish by being too much made of." It is probably derived from <a href="/word/dandle" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dandle " class="crossreference notranslate">dandle</a>, though the term is also an alternate name for a <a href="/word/dandelion" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dandelion " class="crossreference notranslate">dandelion</a>.</p> <p><span class="foreign notranslate">Jack-a-Dandy</span>, or <span class="foreign notranslate">Jack O'Dandy</span> figures in writings from the early 17c. He is listed among other famous Jacks in "Iack a Lent" (1620) and is sometimes defined as an impertinent little man, but other uses are unclear as to sense and in at least one instance from 1620s he is a bogeyman character. By late 17c. it had become a general term of contempt, often with a sense of smallness or weakness, perhaps under influence of <span class="foreign notranslate">dandyprat</span>. In 18c. it could also mean a lover or a beau.</p> <blockquote class="poetry"> If she be not kind as fair, </blockquote> <blockquote class="poetry"> But peevish and unhandy, </blockquote> <blockquote class="poetry"> Leave her, she's only worth the care </blockquote> <blockquote class="poetry"> Of some spruce Jack-a-dandy. </blockquote> <blockquote class="poetry"> [ <span class="foreign notranslate">The Siren; Containing a Collection of Four Hundred and Thirty Two of the Most Celebrated English Songs</span>. 1739.] </blockquote> <p>The verse in the famous <span class="foreign notranslate">Yankee Doodle</span> song about a "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is not in the oldest versions and appears to be a nonsense word; earlier lyrics use instead <span class="foreign notranslate">deedle, dooble doo, etc.</span> (For history see: <a href="/word/Yankee%20Doodle" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Yankee Doodle " class="crossreference notranslate">Yankee Doodle</a>.)</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201780">c. 1780</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to dandy">Entries linking to <i>dandy</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Andrew" href="/word/Andrew#etymonline_v_13414">Andrew<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>masc. proper name, from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">Andreu</span> (Modern French <span class="foreign notranslate">André</span>), from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">Andreas</span> (source also of Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">Andrés</span>, Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">Andrea</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Andreas</span>, Swedish and Danish <span class="foreign notranslate">Anders</span>), from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">Andreas</span>, a personal name equivalent to <span class="foreign notranslate">andreios</span> (adj.) "manly, masculine, of or for a man; strong; stubborn," from <span class="foreign notranslate">anēr</span> (genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">andros</span>) "man" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*ner-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ner- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ner- </a> (2) "man").</p> <p>Nearly equivalent to <a href="/word/Charles" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Charles " class="crossreference notranslate">Charles</a>. <span class="foreign notranslate">Andrew Millar</span> (1590s) for some forgotten reason became English naval slang for "government authority," and especially "the Royal Navy." <span class="foreign notranslate">St. Andrew</span> (feast day Nov. 30) has long been regarded as patron saint of Scotland; the <span class="foreign notranslate">Andrew's cross</span> (c. 1400) supposedly resembles the one on which he was crucified.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of dandelion" href="/word/dandelion#etymonline_v_757">dandelion<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>well-known plant of the daisy family found in Europe, Asia, and North America, with a tapering, milky root, producing one large, yellow flower, late 14c., a contraction of <span class="foreign notranslate">dent-de-lioun</span>, from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">dent de lion</span>, literally "lion's tooth" (from its toothed leaves), a translation of Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">dens leonis</span>. From Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">dens</span> (genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">dentis</span>) "tooth," from PIE root <a href="/word/*dent-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *dent- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*dent-</a> "tooth" + <span class="foreign notranslate">leonis</span>, genitive of <span class="foreign notranslate">leo</span> "lion" (see <a href="/word/lion" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of lion " class="crossreference notranslate">lion</a>). </p> <p>Also compare Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">houndes-tooth</span> "dandelion" (mid-15c.). Other folk names, like <span class="foreign notranslate">tell-time</span> refer to the custom of telling the time by blowing the white seed (the number of puffs required to blow them all off supposedly being the number of the hour), or to the plant's regular opening and closing with daylight. Other names refer to its diuretic qualities (Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">piss-a-bed,</span> French <span class="foreign notranslate">pissenlit</span>).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of dandle" href="/word/dandle"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">dandle</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Yankee Doodle" href="/word/Yankee%20Doodle"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Yankee Doodle</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of dandify" href="/word/dandify"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">dandify</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/dandy/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->5<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of dandy">Trends of <i>dandy</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of dude" href="/word/dude"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">dude<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1883, "fastidious man," New York City slang of unknown origin; recent research suggests it is a shortening of Yankee Doodle, based on the song's notion of "foppish, over-fastidious male" (compare macaroni). The vogue word of 1883, originally used in reference to the devotees of t</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of fop" href="/word/fop"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">fop<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-15c., "foolish person," of unknown origin, perhaps related to obsolete verb fop "make a fool of," from a continental source akin to German foppen "jeer at, make a fool of." Sense of "dandy, coxcomb, man ostentatiously nice in manner and appearance" is from 1670s, perhaps give</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of gallant" href="/word/gallant"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">gallant<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-15c., "showy, finely dressed; gay, merry," from Old French galant "courteous," earlier "amusing, entertaining; lively, bold" (14c.), present participle of galer "rejoice, make merry," which is of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a Latinized verb formed from Frankish *wala- "goo</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of incroyable" href="/word/incroyable"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">incroyable<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1796, a name for the French fop or dandy of the period of the Directory (1795-1799), from French incroyable, literally...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of beau" href="/word/beau"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">beau<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">.; a fop; a dandy" is from 1680s, short for French beau garçon "pretty boy" (1660s). Plural is beaus or beaux....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of exquisite" href="/word/exquisite"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">exquisite<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">The noun meaning "a dandy, fop" is from 1819....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of petit" href="/word/petit"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">petit<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">earlier than by Marx or Engels); petit mal ("mild form of epilepsy," 1842, literally "little evil"); petit-maître ("a fop, a dandy...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of swell" href="/word/swell"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">swell<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Middle English swellen, from Old English swellan "grow in bulk, become bigger" (intransitive, past tense sweall, past participle swollen), from Proto-Germanic *swellanan, *swallejanan (source also of Old Saxon swellan, Old Norse svella, Old Frisian swella, Middle Dutch swellen, D</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of grate" href="/word/grate"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">grate<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "grill for cooking;" early 15c., "iron bars or cagework across a door or window," from Anglo-Latin (mid-14c.), from Old French grate or directly from Medieval Latin grata "a grating, lattice," from Latin cratis "wickerwork, hurdle" (see hurdle (n.)). As a verb meaning </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of great" href="/word/great"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">great<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Old English great "big, tall, thick, stout, massive; coarse," from West Germanic *grauta- "coarse, thick" (source also of Old Saxon grot, Old Frisian grat, Dutch groot, German groß "great"). 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