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dandy

[dan-dee] / ˈdæn di /


NOUN
man obsessed with his style and clothing
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Divided by competing urges to “join in and stand out,” the dandy exaggerates style to the point of satire and social impertinence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Khan arrived on the red carpet in an outfit created by Indian designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee - decked out with his own dandy cane, plenty of bling and sunglasses.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

The holiday’s corpulent, white-bearded dandy arrived even later, his schmaltzy persona skimmed from bony St. Nicholas between Reconstruction and 1931, when Coca-Cola debuted its iconic, brandy-flushed Santa Claus.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

You may be a dandy dealmaker and a nifty negotiator, but you’ve got a bargaining habit that you should really curb.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

“Sure,” I tell her, and try to smile like everything’s just dandy.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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