dressy
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛsi/
Audio (Southern England): noicon (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛsi
Adjective
dressy (comparative dressier, superlative dressiest)
- Elegant, smart, or stylish.
- Fond of dressing up; keen on fashion.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- We have mentioned that he exhibited a certain partiality for rings, jewellery, and fine raiment of all sorts; and it must be owned that Mr. Pen, during his time at the university, was rather a dressy man, and loved to array himself in splendour.
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