Foppish is an English word with synonyms like dandified or dandyish. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Foppish in a sentence
Foppish meaning
Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
Using Foppish
- The main meaning on this page is: Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
- Useful related words include: dandified, dandyish, elegant.
Context around Foppish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foppish
- In this selection, "foppish" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, king and absurdity stand out and add context to how "foppish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as the foppish king george and menace and foppish absurdity though. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foppish" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foppish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Kimberg’s periwigged Count suggests genuine menace and foppish absurdity, though it’s sometimes difficult to understand why ’s Countess remains devoted to him. (24 words)
If you loved Jonathan Groff as the foppish King George in “Hamilton,” you will find him irresistibly adorable in this deliriously silly, tap-happy 2012 homage to Sutton Foster, which has Groff playing Reno Sweeney, surrounded by a flock of dancers. (41 words)
If you loved Jonathan Groff as the foppish King George in “Hamilton,” you will find him irresistibly adorable in this deliriously silly, tap-happy 2012 homage to Sutton Foster, which has Groff playing Reno Sweeney, surrounded by a flock of dancers. (41 words)
Kimberg’s periwigged Count suggests genuine menace and foppish absurdity, though it’s sometimes difficult to understand why ’s Countess remains devoted to him. (24 words)
Example sentences (2)
If you loved Jonathan Groff as the foppish King George in “Hamilton,” you will find him irresistibly adorable in this deliriously silly, tap-happy 2012 homage to Sutton Foster, which has Groff playing Reno Sweeney, surrounded by a flock of dancers.
Kimberg’s periwigged Count suggests genuine menace and foppish absurdity, though it’s sometimes difficult to understand why ’s Countess remains devoted to him.