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).
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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).
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Sylpheed-claws-gtk2 (the one in dapper) would crash.
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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).
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Expect new version in dapper till end of the week, when I'll upload it.
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He was the kind of delicate middle-aged man for whom the word dapper had been coined.
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He was the kind of delicate middle-aged man for whom the word dapper had been coined.
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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
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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
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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
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