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Definition of Dandification
1. Noun. The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dandification
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandification
Literary usage of Dandification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... and, bating a little wil- fulness, and a little selfishness, and a little
dandification, I don't know a more honest, or loyal, or gentle creature. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"Strangers as we are to the fact, we do believe the picture to be like the thing
it purports to represent ! There is no dandification about it, ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1889)
"... her fittings with a hint almost of dandification in a certain elaborate elegance
of finish. As we approached, the clerk called my attention to the hull, ..."
4. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"Tall talk's his jewelry: he must have his dandification in bunkum. You ought to
know better. Property and titles are worth having, whether you are ' worthy ..."
5. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell, Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor (1898)
"Tall talk's his jewelry : he must have his dandification in bunkum. You ought to
know better. Property and titles are worth having, whether you are ' worthy ..."
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