lardy-dardy

[ lahr-dee-dahr-dee ]

adjective

, Chiefly British Slang.

1. characterized by excessive elegance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lardy-dardy¹

First recorded in 1860–65; after la-di-da; for spelling with r, arvo

Example Sentences

The Chaplain, who waited upon him as a Maid would on a lardy-dardy woman of Fashion, handed my Gentleman a very tall stick with a golden knob at the end on't, and with this, and a laced handkerchief and a long cravat, which he had likely bought at Mechlin, and a Snuff-box in the lean little Paw that held not the cane, he looked for all the world like one of my Grandmother's Footmen who had run away and turned Dancing Master.

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