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  • 61splash — v 1. spatter, spat, bespatter, sprinkle, besprinkle; sparge; splotch, spot, smudge, smear, besmear, daub; dot, speckle, spangle; splatter, besplash, slosh, swash, swish, plash, dabble. 2. spray, shower, spread, diffuse, disperse; splutter, fly in …

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  • 62vanity — n 1. egotism, conceit, conceitedness, self conceit, overweening pride, self pride, self love, narcissism, self admiration, self worship, Inf. me ism, self approbation, self glorification, self importance, swelled headedness, vainglory,… …

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  • 63frill — [n] luxury, nice touch amenity, decoration, doodad*, extravagance, fandangle, flounce, foppery*, frippery*, fuss, garbage*, garnish, gathering, gimcrack*, gingerbread*, jazz*, lace, ruffle, superfluity, thing*, tuck; concepts 646,655,824 Ant.… …

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  • 64fop — ► NOUN ▪ a man who is excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance. DERIVATIVES foppery noun foppish adjective foppishly adverb foppishness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «fool» …

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  • 65foppish — fop ► NOUN ▪ a man who is excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance. DERIVATIVES foppery noun foppish adjective foppishly adverb foppishness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «fool» …

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  • 66foppishly — fop ► NOUN ▪ a man who is excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance. DERIVATIVES foppery noun foppish adjective foppishly adverb foppishness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «fool» …

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  • 67foppishness — fop ► NOUN ▪ a man who is excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance. DERIVATIVES foppery noun foppish adjective foppishly adverb foppishness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «fool» …

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  • 68coxcombry — [käks′kōm΄rē] n. pl. coxcombries [see COXCOMB] 1. silly conceit or foppery 2. an instance of this …

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  • 69fop — n. an affectedly elegant or fashionable man; a dandy. Derivatives: foppery n. foppish adj. foppishly adv. foppishness n. Etymology: 17th c.: perh. f. earlier fop fool …

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  • 70coxcombry — mrē noun ( es) 1. : the behavior or manners of a coxcomb : foppery 2. : a trait or characteristic of a coxcomb a coxcombry of his to affect the modish …

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