dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
(adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; āa dapper young manā; āa jaunty red hatā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dapper (comparative dapperer, )
Neat, trim.
Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
Quick; little and active.
• Eppard, adprep, parped, rapped
Source: Wiktionary
Dap"per, a. Etym: [OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave, valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobrĆ» good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. Deft.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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