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For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively. Additional usage ...
The dandy creates his own unity by aesthetic means. But it is an aesthetic of negation. To live and die before a mirror: that, according to Baudelaire, was the dandy's slogan. It is indeed a coherent slogan. The dandy is, by occupation, always in opposition [to society]. He can only exist by defiance …
Dandy–Walker syndrome; De Barsy syndrome; de Clérambault's syndrome; De Quervain syndrome; De Winter syndrome; Dead arm syndrome; Deficiency of the interleukin-1–receptor antagonist; Degenerative disc disease; Dejerine–Roussy syndrome; Delayed sleep phase disorder; Delusional misidentification syndrome; Delusional parasitosis; Dennie ...
The word is derived from the Latin word verbum (also the source of verbiage), plus the verb gerĕre, to carry on or conduct, from which the Latin verb verbigerāre, to talk or chat, is derived. However, clinically the term verbigeration never achieved popularity and as such has virtually disappeared from psychiatric terminology.
The word "fop" is first recorded in 1440 and for several centuries just meant a fool of any kind; the Oxford English Dictionary notes first use with the meaning of "one who is foolishly attentive to and vain of his appearance, dress, or manners; a dandy, an exquisite" in 1672. [2]
Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g., pants, crib) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in British and American English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different ...
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
Dandy (mascot), a former mascot of the New York Yankees; Dandy Dam, Pakistan; Dandy loom, a cotton loom; Dandy (paddle steamer), built in England in 1823; Dandy rig, a British term for a sailing rig, similar to a yawl; HB-Flugtechnik Dandy, an Austrian ultralight aircraft; Dandie Fashions, sometimes called Dandy Fashions, a 1960s London boutique