pimpant

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French

Etymology

From pimper +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pimpant (feminine pimpante, masculine plural pimpants, feminine plural pimpantes)

  1. spruce, dapper, dashing
    • 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 10:
      Ils se sont rencontrés régulièrement pendant près de trois ans, dans le box étroit où elle faisait mourir des plantes vertes. La trentaine, pimpante, fausse rousse, dodue, grosse poitrine, madame Bodard parlait volontiers de ses deux garçons, qui lui donnaient des soucis, .
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Descendants

  • Italian: pimpante
  • Portuguese: pimpão
  • Portuguese: pimpante

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