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dapper

adj.
C1 Advanced US //ˈdæpɝ// UK //dˈæpɐ// dap·per Dialect

adj. looking very smart, neat, and stylish. You use this to describe someone who takes great care with their appearance and clothes.

adj. smartly dressed and well-groomed; stylish and elegant in appearance. Often used to describe a person's overall aesthetic or specific attention to detail in their attire.


SIMPLE

He looked very dapper in his new suit.

CONTEXTUAL

The groom looked dapper in his traditional waistcoat and bow tie during the wedding ceremony.

COMPLEX

Despite the casual nature of the event, he arrived looking dapper in a tailored tweed jacket and polished leather shoes.

Synonyms
Origin

From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch dapar, from Proto-Germanic dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’).

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