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efore leaving. — The Malay Male;
• (plume)- to smooth (feathers); preen;
dandy = fop = fashion plate = sheik = beau = clotheshorse
• (dandy)- suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish; He was something of
a dandy, I noticed; there was gold lace on the tunic, and silver edging to the
shirt beneath it. — Flashman;
• (fop)- a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress,
appearance, and manners, (
, , ); Tremendous fop--ladies loved him--
cheeks like roses--tongue like sulphuric acid. — The Project Gutenberg
Complete Works of Gilbert Parker;
• (foppish) resembling or befitting a fop; excessively refined and fastidious in
taste and manner, ( ); He was sentimental and dry, naive
and foppish: his labored verses affected a cavalier carelessness. — Jean-
Christophe, Vol. I;
• (sheik)- Slang a romantically alluring man;
• (beau)- a dandy; a fop; In that prehistoric period I was reckoned quite
a beau: — Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions;
• (clotheshorse)- a person excessively concerned with dress;
persnickety = punctilious = meticulous = fastidious = exacting = dainty = finicky
= overnice = squeamish = queasy : effeminate : mincing = prim = priggish =
prudish = prissy = puritanical = victorian = square-toed = straight-faced = tightlaced
= niminy-piminy
• (persnickety)- over particular; fussy; Anyhow, I could have squared that -- it
was the damn persnickety regulations that got me fed up. — The Past
Through Tomorrow;
• snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob;
• (punctilious)- extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the
observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions,
( , , , );
He was, moreover, exceedingly proud and punctilious, and tenacious of all
his privileges and dignities. — Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7;
• (meticulous)- taking or showing extreme care about minute details;
precise; thorough, ( );
• finicky; fussy, ( , ); Brown was known for
his meticulous attention to detail and expectation of excellence from the
people around him;
• (fastidious)- excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please,
( , ); She was naturally fastidious, and as her skin