Definitions for foppery
ˈfɒp ə rifop·pe·ry

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fopperynoun

   The dress or actions of a fop

2. fopperynoun

   Stupidity

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fopperynoun

   Etymology: from fop.

   1. Folly; impertinence.

   Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter
   My sober house. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   I was three or four times in the thought they were not fairies; and yet the guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my powers, drove the grossness of the foppery into a received belief, in despight of the teeth of all rhime and reason, that they were fairies. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and stars, as if we were villains on necessity. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   2. Affectation of show or importance; showy folly.3. Foolery; vain or idle practice; idle affectation.

   They thought the people were better let alone in their fopperies, than to be suffered to break loose from that subjection which your superstition kept them in. Edward Stillingfleet.

   But though we fetch from Italy and France
   Our fopperies of tune, and mode of dance,
   Our sturdy Britons scorn to borrow sense. George Granville.

   I wish I could say quaint fopperies were wholly absent from graver subjects. Jonathan Swift, to the Lord High Treasurer.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foppery

   Fop became a pejorative term for a man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England. Some of the many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning 'parrot'), dandy, fashion-monger, and ninny. Macaroni was another term of the 18th century more specifically concerned with fashion. The pejorative term today carries the connotation of a person, usually male, who is overly concerned with trivial matters (especially matters of fashion) and who affects elite social standing. The term also appears in reference to deliberately camp styles based on eighteenth-century looks.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Fopperynoun

   the behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly

2. Fopperynoun

   folly; foolery

3. Etymology: [From Fop.]

How to pronounce foppery?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say foppery in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foppery in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foppery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foppery
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=foppery
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foppery
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foppery