English Explanatory Dictionary

Dundreary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any type of fashion, hairstyles etc. associated with the foppish Lord Dundreary in Taylor's Our American Cousin.
  2. A person reminiscent of Lord Dundreary; a fop, a dandy.
  3. Long, bushy sideburns.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Dundreary.

Word forms

Dundreary Dundrearys Dundrearies

Etymology

From the name of Lord Dundreary, a character in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin (1858).

Synonyms

Piccadilly weepers

Derived words

Dundrearyism
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