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DANDY , a word of uncertain origin which about 1813-1816 became a See also:London colloquialism for the exquisite or fop of the See also:period. It seems to have been in use on the Scottish border at the end of the 18th See also:century, its full See also:form, it is suggested, being " See also:Jack-a-Dandy," which from 1659 had a sense much like its later one. It is probably ultimately derived from the See also:French dandin, " a ninny or booby," but a more See also:direct derivation was suggested at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the uprise of the Regency dandies. In The See also:Northampton See also:Mercury, under date of the 17th of See also:April 1819, occurs the following: " Origin of the word ` dandy.' This See also:term, which has been recently applied to a See also:species of reptile very See also:common in the See also:metropolis, appears to have arisen from a small See also:silver See also:coin struck by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VII., of little value, called a dandiprat; and hence See also:Bishop See also:Fleetwood observes the term is applied to worthless and contemptible persons."
It was Beau Brummel, the high-See also:priest of See also:fashion, who gave dandyism its See also:great See also:vogue. But before his See also:day foppery in See also:dress had become something more than the See also:personal eccentricity which it had been in the See also:Stuart days and earlier. About the See also:middle of the 18th century was founded the See also:Macaroni See also:Club. This was a See also:band of See also:young men of See also:rank who had visited See also:Italy and sought to introduce the See also:southern elegances of manner and dress into See also:England. The Macaronis gained their name from their introduction of the See also:Italian dish to See also:English tables, and were at their See also:zenith about 1772, when their See also:costume is described as " See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:silk breeches, very tight coat and vest with enormous white neckcloths, white silk stockings and See also:diamond-buckled red-heeled shoes." For some time the moving spirit of the club was See also:Charles See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Fox. It was with the See also:advent of Brummel, however, that the cult of dandyism became a social force. Beau Brummel was supreme See also:dictator in matters of dress, and the See also:prince See also:regent is said to have wept when he disapproved of the cut of the royal coat. Around the Beau collected a band of young men whose insolent and affected See also:manners made them universally unpopular. Their See also:chief See also:glory was their clothes. They wore coats of See also:blue or See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown See also:cloth with See also:brass buttons, the coat-tails almost touching the heels. Their See also:trousers were buckskin, so tight that it is said they " could only be taken off as an See also:eel would be divested of his skin." A pair of highly-polished See also:Hessian boots, a waistcoat buttoned incredibly tight so as to produce a small See also:waist, and opening at the See also:breast to exhibit the frilled See also:shirt and See also:cravat, completed the costume of the true dandy. Upon the Beau's disgrace and ruin, See also:Lord Alvanleywas regarded as See also:leader of the dandies and " first See also:gentleman in England." Though in many ways a worthier See also:man than Brummel, his vanity exposed him to much derision, and he fought a See also:duel on See also:Wimbledon Common with See also:Morgan O'Connell, who, in the See also:House of See also:Commons, had called him a " bloated buffoon." After 1825 " dandy " lost its invidious meaning, and came to be applied generally to those who were neat in dress rather than to those guilty of effeminacy.
See See also:Barbey D'Aurevilly, Du dandysme et de G. Brummel (See also:Paris, 1887).
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