fop

[ fop ]

noun

1. a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.

   Synonyms: dude, swell, peacock, popinjay, coxcomb, dandy

fop

/ fɒp /

noun

1. a man who is excessively concerned with fashion and elegance

Derived Forms

• ˈfoppish, adjective
• ˈfoppishly, adverb
• ˈfoppishness, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fop¹

1400–50; late Middle English foppe, fop; akin to fob ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of fop¹

C15: related to German foppen to trick; see fob ²

Example Sentences

And in the role of Cinderella’s Prince, he turned himself into “a preening fop” who understands full well that he’s meant to be charming, not sincere, as the character himself explains late in the musical.

From Los Angeles Times

Dunn said he knows many officers who are “appalled by the FOP even entertaining endorsing” Trump, given his felony convictions, his actions on Jan. 6 and his recent promise to pardon the insurrectionists who attacked police officers that day.

From Los Angeles Times

Wasn’t he really a snob, and a fop, and frivolous on serious occasions, as she had once told him during a quarrel?

From Literature

The FOP, the country’s largest police union, endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020.

From Los Angeles Times

FOP is caused by mutations in the gene ACVR1 which lead to abnormal formation of bone outside of the normal skeleton in soft tissue including muscles, tendons and ligaments throughout the body.

From Science Daily