Pronounced: ba-LAHR-dee-uhn, adj
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Yesterday’s word
The word foppery means
- foolish character or action; folly
- the behavior or dress of a fop
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1500s
Background / Comments
These days, a “fop” is a man who is extremely devoted to or vain about his appearance or dress. Originally, it referred to a foolish or silly person. Our word came arrives around 100 years later from “fop”. It came from Middle English, and is somewhat related to a Middle High German word that means “to deceive”.
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