From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span> (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid;...
<span class="searchmatch">Dapper</span> Dans plural of <span class="searchmatch">Dapper</span> Dan...
<span class="searchmatch">dapperer</span> comparative form of <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span>: more <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span> prepared...
Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) <span class="searchmatch">Dapper</span> Dan (plural <span class="searchmatch">Dapper</span> Dans) (informal) A man who dresses and is groomed in a fancy,...
From <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">dapperly</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">dapperly</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">dapperly</span>) In a <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span> way. 2003, Christopher Phillips, Socrates café: a fresh...
<span class="searchmatch">dappers</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span> Eppards, adpreps...
From <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">dapperness</span> (uncountable) The state or quality of being <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span>. 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 119: ‘But...
From <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span>. <span class="searchmatch">dappered</span> up (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">dappered</span> up, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">dappered</span> up) Given a neat and stylish appearance....
dapperest superlative form of <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span>: most <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span> prepasted, speed trap...
From un- + <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span>. undapper (comparative more undapper, superlative most undapper) Not <span class="searchmatch">dapper</span>....