dapperness

The state or quality of being dapper.

Noun

  1. The state or quality of being dapper.
    • ‘But I just adore his dapperness. Heʼs terribly dapper.’ - 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 119:

Origin

Etymology tree English dapper Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dapperness From dapper + -ness.