Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Neatly dressed; trim.
- adjective Very stylish in dress.
- adjective Lively and alert.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pretty; elegant; neat; trim.
- Small and active; nimble; brisk; lively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Neat ,trim . - adjective
Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed,spiffy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yes. sylpheed-claws in dapper is broken (IMAPS doesn't work).
Finally decent email application Ante Karamati 2006
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But Dapper's CUPS bugs are nothing compared to bugs in OSX (notice how dapper is still under development, and OSX had it's share of versions).
Archive 2006-04-01 Ante Karamati 2006
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Sylpheed-claws-gtk2 (the one in dapper) would crash.
Finally decent email application Ante Karamati 2006
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But Dapper's CUPS bugs are nothing compared to bugs in OSX (notice how dapper is still under development, and OSX had it's share of versions).
CUPS and EFS Ante Karamati 2006
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Expect new version in dapper till end of the week, when I'll upload it.
Finally decent email application Ante Karamati 2006
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He was the kind of delicate middle-aged man for whom the word dapper had been coined.
Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989
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He was the kind of delicate middle-aged man for whom the word dapper had been coined.
Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989
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He is known as the dapper fashion professor who co-hosts Project Runway with Heidi Klum, and with the phenomenal success of the show, his career has skyrocketed into the big leagues.
Tim Gunn Talks Bullying, His FBI Agent Father & Anna Wintour The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He is known as the dapper fashion professor who co-hosts Project Runway with Heidi Klum, and with the phenomenal success of the show, his career has skyrocketed into the big leagues.
Tim Gunn Threw Up In A Parking Lot Before His First Day Of Teaching The Huffington Post 2010
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He is known as the dapper fashion professor who co-hosts Project Runway with Heidi Klum, and with the phenomenal success of the show, his career has skyrocketed into the big leagues.
Tim Gunn Threw Up In A Parking Lot Before His First Day Of Teaching The Huffington Post 2010
fbharjo commented on the word dapper
original meant heavy and strong then later meant quick and nimble
July 25, 2007
minouchette commented on the word dapper
a flapper's father
October 8, 2010