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Definition of Spiffy
1. Adjective. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. "A jaunty red hat"
Similar to: Fashionable, Stylish
Derivative terms: Dapperness, Jauntiness, Nattiness, Rakishness, Spruceness
Definition of Spiffy
1. Noun. A spring-wire collar stay, worn by men. ¹
2. Adjective. (informal) Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spiffy
1. stylish [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] - See also: stylish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiffy
Literary usage of Spiffy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1865)
"Jones, show his Lordship the stock-list," said spiffy, with a swagger.
The investigation of the "list" completely bewildered me. ..."
2. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"Spiffing, capital, excellent; also spiff, spiffy. ... Diet, explains the word
spiffy to mean, " spruce, well-dressed, tout a la mode". ..."
3. Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Laurence Oliphant (1870)
"It was not until I had looked again to spiffy for information, and was met by
the single ... spiffy got uncommonly pale, but recovered himself in a second. ..."
4. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"... under royal-blue shoulder pads from Paris ... the two of them in a $48000
Mercedes with spiffy airplane dials . . . desperate to escape the Bronx . ..."
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