foppish

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Emerging from a cult of nonpersonality, where ordinary figures with unassuming names like Ian Brown ascended to British music royalty, Brett Anderson, Suede’s fey and foppish androgyne, reintroduced theatricality and glamour to the scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

As a boy, I must have intuited that what was foppish about Lynde, Reilly and Taylor coursed through me, too, even without the words to explain why.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

Voisin, who has the mother-of-pearl skin that Balzac writes about, is perfectly cast as the naïve young poet who generates pity when he is foppish and humiliated at the theater.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022

They’ve also made a celebrity of his foppish head of hair, a cross between a traditional mullet and ’80’s hair band singer.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022

Men began to wear their handkerchiefs in their sleeves and some foppish lieutenants carried swagger sticks.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck