''fop'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260904152658-00-⌔

fop - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Noun

fop (plural fops)

• (dated) A vain man; a dandy.
  • ✤ Synonyms: dude, dood, macaroni, masher, popinjay; see also Thesaurus: dandy
  • ✤ And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: “Clay-brained coxcomb!” “Mewling milk-livered maggot!”¹

Etymology

From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”), but its origin is unclear. Apparently akin to German German foppen (“to jeer”), also of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /fɒp/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• (General American) IPA: /fɑp/
• Rhymes: -ɒp

Printed 2026-09-04.

(echo:: @ ⌗)

Footnotes

1. 2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn’t What It Looks Like: ↩