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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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dandy

/ˈdæn.di/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms dandies dandier dandiest Dandys dandi dandie dandee

  1. noun A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
  2. noun Something excellent in its class.
  3. noun (UK, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
  4. noun A dandy roller.
  5. noun (UK, Ireland, slang, archaic) A small glass of whisky.
  6. noun (rail transport, historical) A horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines.
  7. adjective Like a dandy, foppish.
  8. adjective Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be. “That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?”
  9. adjective Excellent; first-rate. “What a dandy little laptop you have.”
  10. noun (India) A boatman, a rower.
  11. noun (India) A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.
  12. noun (India) An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.
  13. proper noun A surname.
  14. proper noun (Victoria, informal, in the plural) The Dandenong Ranges.

Synonyms

barbermonger beau blade blood buck carpet knight cockscomb dike dood dude dudelet exquisite fashionable fast man fine gentleman fop foretop fribble gallant go sheik swell fashion plate clotheshorse yawl bang-up bully corking cracking great

Antonyms

puritan untidy person

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin.
Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a "pet"”). Compare English dandle and dander.

From Hindi डंडी (ḍaṇḍī, “rod, pole”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀕𑀸 (ḍaṃḍigā), from Sanskrit दण्डिका (daṇḍikā), from दण्ड (daṇḍa) + -इका (-ikā).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
  2. noun (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; --called also jigger, and mizzen.

Etymology [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “dandy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details