Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dapper"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dapper \Dap"per\, a. [OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave,
valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty,
OSlav. dobr[u^] good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. {Deft}.]
Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or
appearance; lively.
He wondered how so many provinces could be held in
subjection by such a dapper little man. --Milton.
The dapper ditties that I wont devise. --Spenser.
Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. --Julian
Hawthorne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dapper
adj : marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young
man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dashing}, {jaunty}, {natty},
{raffish}, {rakish}, {smart}, {snappy}, {spruce}]
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