dan·dy
(dăńdē)
[Perhaps short for jack-a-dandy, fop.]
noun: pl., -dies.
- A man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; a fop.
- Something very good or agreeable.
- Nautical See yawl
adjective: -di·er, -di·est.
- Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish.
- Fine; good.
derivatives
- dańdi·ly
- adverb
- dańdy·ish
- adjective
- dańdy·ish·ly
- adverb
- dańdy·ism
- noun
yawl
(yôl)
[Dutch jol, possibly from Low German jolle.]
noun
- A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder. Also called dandy
- A ship's small boat, crewed by rowers.