dapper

Significat (Anglès)

1. Neat, trim.
2. Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
3. Quick; little and active.

Sinònims

spruce

neat

natty

jaunty

trim

spiffy

smart

dashing

racy

rakish

lively

snappy

dressed up

chic

nifty

raffish

handsome

fancy

fine

frisky

gay

grig

lightsome

lissom

lissome

live

lurid

mercurial

mobile

nimble

nippy

orderly

peppy

perky

poignant

posh

pretty

prim

quaint

quick

rakishness

sleek

slender

slim

soigne

soignee

spark plug

spry

streamlined

stylish

svelte

trig

trimmed

vibrant

vivacious

vivid

volatile

well-groomed

zippy

well groomed

nobby

sparkish

alert

P.G. Wodehouse

bijou

bobbish

bouncing

breezy

brisk

buoyant

buxom

cheery

chipper

comely

crisp

cut

dapperness

debonair

dressy

elegant

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈdæpə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: daper

Cognat amb alemany: tapfer

Cognat amb Tokharian A: tpär

In summary

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’).