dudish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- dudishly adverb
Etymology
Origin of dudish
Example Sentences
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Photograph: Jeff Vespa/WireImage Is there a cooler actor than Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish thesp extraordinaire and the man so dudish Paul Bettany named his son after him?
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2012
Englishmen remembered him from his Cambridge days when his tall, dandified figure, complete with tightly furled umbrella and dudish Edwardian jacket, was a familiar sight, in Mayfairs poshest bars.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Populists roughed up dudish Editor White on the street, he reacted in an editorial broadside, What's the Matter with Kansas?
From Time Magazine Archive
They talk in simpering, dudish tones, and bestow the most lackadaisical glances on different members of our party.
From Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by Howe, William F.
Now, in civil life, I have frequently been amused in noting some dudish young fellow in a little country store trying to fit himself out with a light summer coat, or something similar.
From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Stillwell, Leander
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