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dapper

dap·per

UK/ˈdæpə/ US/ˈdæpəɹ/ uncommon uk

adjective

1.

marked by smartness in dress and manners

  • “a dapper young man”
  • “a jaunty red hat”
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Origin

From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’).

Phrases

  • Dapper Dan

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