foppery
Excessive fashionable affectation
Foppery is foolish vanity, especially excessive concern with appearance and fashion.
The word suggests a man preoccupied with clothes, manners, and superficial refinements—more interested in how he looks than in substance.
By extension, foppery can mean any trivial or affected behavior: He dismissed their concerns about décor as mere foppery.
The word is old-fashioned but still appears in literary contexts.
Fashion-obsessed gentleman
- pretensionUnwarranted claim to merit
- airsPretentious behavioral displays
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
preening · primping · posing · simpering · prissiness · preciousness · mannerism · artificiality
Excessive, wasteful spending
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
- showinessOstentatious display quality
- gaudinessTasteless, excessive ornamentation
- flashinessOstentatious showiness
flamboyance · garishness · ornateness · overdone · florid · rococo · baroque · tawdry
Fashion-obsessed gentleman
- fineryElegant, showy clothing
- fripperyShowy, worthless adornment
- frillsSuperfluous decorative elements
- laceOpen-weave ornamental fabric
ruffles · cravat · waistcoat · brocade · velvet · silk · embroidery · ornamentation
Excessive admiration of oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
self-love · smugness · self-importance · pride · haughtiness · arrogance · self-absorption · preening
Unwise conduct
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
- trivialityUnimportant small matter
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
absurdity · fatuousness · inanity · superficiality · shallowness · emptiness · vapidity · frivolousness
dandy
Fashion-obsessed gentleman
- pretensionUnwarranted claim to merit
- airsPretentious behavioral displays
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
affectation · preening · primping · posing · simpering · prissiness · preciousness · mannerism · artificiality · insincerity
extravagance
Excessive, wasteful spending
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
- showinessOstentatious display quality
- gaudinessTasteless, excessive ornamentation
flashiness · flamboyance · garishness · ornateness · overdone · florid · rococo · baroque · tawdry · kitsch
dandy
Fashion-obsessed gentleman
- fineryElegant, showy clothing
- fripperyShowy, worthless adornment
- frillsSuperfluous decorative elements
lace · ruffles · cravat · waistcoat · brocade · velvet · silk · embroidery · ornamentation · adornment
narcissism
Excessive admiration of oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
vanity · self-love · smugness · self-importance · pride · haughtiness · arrogance · self-absorption · preening · self-regard
foolishness
Unwise conduct
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
- trivialityUnimportant small matter
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
nonsense · absurdity · fatuousness · inanity · superficiality · shallowness · emptiness · vapidity · frivolousness · idleness
fopperyplainness
Unadorned, straightforward quality
simplicity · austerity · modesty · understatement · unpretentiousness
fopperywisdom
Good judgment from experience
prudence · sagacity · good sense · forethought · discretion
fopperygenuineness
Quality of being real
sincerity · authenticity · unpretentiousness · naturalness · artlessness