Definition of Dandify

1. Verb. Dress like a dandy.

Generic synonyms: Dress, Get Dressed
Derivative terms: Dandy

Definition of Dandify

1. v. t. To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.

Definition of Dandify

1. Verb. To dress as, or to adopt the style of, a dandy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dandify

1. to cause to resemble a dandy [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandify

dandelionlike
dandelions
dander
dandered
dandering
danders
dandiacal
dandie
dandier
dandies
dandiest
dandification
dandifications
dandified
dandifies
dandify (current term)
dandifying
dandily
dandiprat
dandiprats
dandiya
dandiya raas
dandiyas
dandle
dandle board
dandled
dandler
dandlers
dandles
dandling

Literary usage of Dandify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"RK dandify cV Sons [1883 ?]. 38 p. 8°. Salt Lake City and Utah by-ways, Chicago: Roberte (Sidney) ..."

2. Hesperos: Or, Travels in the West by Houstoun (Matilda Charlotte) (1850)
"... in short, who appear to have nothing to do but to dandify themselves for the sole purpose of displaying their charms in a fashionable walk. ..."

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