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Webster 1913 Edition

(dăn′dy̆)

Noun.

;

pl.

Dandies

(dăn′dĭz)

[Cf. F.

dandin

, ninny, silly fellow,

dandiner

to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E.

dandle

. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etymology.]

One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

(Naut.)

(a)

A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.

(b)

A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; – called also

jigger

, and

mizzen

A dandy roller. See below.

Noun.

In modern usage, a male of the human species, who dresses himself like a doll and who carries his character on his back.