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Dapper

Dapper Meaning & Definition
Dapper Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dapper?

[adj] marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dapper: dashing | fashionable | jaunty | natty | raffish | rakish | smart | snappy | spiffy | spruce | stylish

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dapper: bandbox | braw | chic | chichi | classy | clothes-conscious | cosmopolitan | dashing | doggy | dressed to advantage | dressed to kill | dressy | elegant | exquisite | fashionable | genteel | jaunty | natty | neat | nifty | nobby | posh | rakish | recherche | ritzy | sassy | sharp | showy | sleek | smart | smug | snazzy | soigne | soignee | sophisticated | spiffy | spruce | style-conscious | stylish | swank | swanky | swell | tricksy | trig | trim | well-dressed | well-groomed

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Dapper In Webster's Dictionary

\Dap"per\, a. [OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave, valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobr[u^] good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. {Deft}.] Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively. He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man. --Milton. The dapper ditties that I wont devise. --Spenser. Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. --Julian Hawthorne.

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