foppish
/ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/adjective
foppish is an adjective meaning “Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-P-P-I-S-H and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does foppish mean?
adjective
- 1
Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce foppish?
- UK /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/
Foppish has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-foppish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of foppish
- more foppish comparative
- most foppish superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is foppish?
Foppish appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Foppish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense like a fop:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | soigné |
| Spanish | peripuesto, gomoso, alindado, litri |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does foppish come from?
From fop + -ish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).