dandyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈdæn.di/
• 韻: -ændi

語源 1

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.

名詞

dandy (plural dandies)

1. A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dandy

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 60, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]

   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter VI, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 68:

     No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.

   • 1945, J. B. Priestley, chapter I, in An Inspector Calls:

     “Gerald Croft is an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town.”

2. Something excellent in its class.
3. (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
4. A dandy roller.
5. (UK, Ireland, slang, archaic) A small glass of whisky.
   • 1844, William Jesse, The life of George Brummell, page 57:

     Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off.

6. (rail transport, historical) A horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines.
   • 1958 February, “Notes and News: The Fintona Tram”, in Railway Magazine, pages 139-140:

     Other notable instances of horse-drawn vehicles for passenger services were the dandies used on the two-mile branch to Inchture of the Perth-Dundee line of the Caledonian Railway […] , and the 2½-mile branch of the North British Railway from Drumburgh to Port Carlisle. […] One of the Port Carlisle dandies was preserved at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, for several years, but is now in the Railway Museum at York.

派生語

派生した語

• → Dutch: dandy
• → Esperanto: dando
• → Finnish: dandy
• → French: dandy, → French: dundee
• → German: Dandy
• → Japanese: ダンディ, ダンディー
• → Limburgish: dèndie
• → Polish: dandy
• → Spanish: dandy

参考

• boulevardier
• man about town

形容詞

dandy (comparative dandier, superlative dandiest)

1. Like a dandy, foppish.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:foppish

2. Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

   Synonyms: all very well, well and good

   That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?

3. Excellent; first-rate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent

   What a dandy little laptop you have.

   • 1924, Boys' Life, page 27:

     Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.

   • 1945, Mack David, Alex C Kramer, Joan Whitney, “Candy”, performed by Nat King Cole:

     Its gonna be just dandy / The day I take my Candy / And make him mine all mine

   • 1967 December 23, “Disney ‘Jungle Book’ Arrives Just in Time”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     A perfectly dandy cartoon feature, “The Jungle Book,” scooted into local theaters yesterday just ahead of the big day, and it's ideal for the children.

派生語

語源 2

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

名詞

dandy (plural dandies)

1. (India) A boatman, a rower. [1685]
   • 1685 January 6, William Hedges, Diary, Vol. I, p. 175:

     Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice.

2. (India) A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod. [1832]
   • 1862, Henry Beveridge, A Comprehensive History of India..., volume II, page 74:

     ...the Dandis, distinguished by carrying a small dand or wand...

3. (India) An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles. [1870]
   • 1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:
   • As the darkness closed in... I had to give up the attempt to use the dandy, and struggle on on foot.
   • 1888 July 2, Times, page 5:

     Major Battye and Captain Urmston joined the rear and placed the wounded man in a dandy.

別の表記

• dandi, dandie, dandee

同意語

• (open sedan chair): andor, jampan

関連する語

• dandy-wallah

参照

• “dandy | dandi, n³.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

参考

• randy-dandy (probably not etymologically related)