dandies

Excessively stylish men

Dandies is the plural of dandy—men who devote excessive attention to elegant dress and refined manners.

The word carries a whiff of the 18th and 19th centuries, when such figures were cultural fixtures: Oscar Wilde and his circle of dandies.

As an adjective, dandy means fine or satisfactory, often with light irony: Well, that's just dandy.

fashionable men

dapper

Neatly and stylishly dressed

  • foppishVainly preoccupied with dress
  • beauMale romantic companion
  • cravatNeck scarf, tucked in

boutonniere · sartorial · debonair · elegance · gallant · suave · gentleman · aesthete · swagger · tailored

plants

dandelion

Yellow flower, white puffball

yellow · puffball · seeds · lawn · meadow · wishes · blowing · fluffy · greens · salad

Categories
Opposites
personal appearance and grooming

dandiesslobs

Habitually untidy people

sloven · ragamuffins · scruffs · bums · urchins

fashion concern and effort

dandiesfrumps

Unstylish, dull-mannered people

schlubs · boors · philistines · squares · proles

social character and masculinity

dandiesroughnecks

Oil field drill crew

ruffians · boors · louts · churls · brutes

Family

dandified

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