adjective · rare

dapper

dapper · dapperer · dapperest

аккуратный, опрятный, элегантный, щеголеватый

schneidig

Neat, trimNeat, trim.

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UK/ˈdæpə/US/ˈdæpəɹ/

» He was a dapper man with a mustache that curled neatly at each tip.

Meaning

3 senses

Neat, trim.
опря́тныйoprjátnyj, аккура́тныйakkurátnyj
Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
щеголеватыйščegolevatyj, элега́нтныйelegántnyj
Quick; little and active.

More definitions

marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

Examples

3 sentences

He was a dapper man with a mustache that curled neatly at each tip.
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I'm looking pretty dapper thanks the haircut my mom gave me the other day.
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Who's this dapper young man?
ruКто этот резвый молодой человек?
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

neat, trim:

stylishly or neatly dressed:

Origin

From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”),

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’).

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