Definition of DAPPER

dapper

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
    • "a dapper young man"

Adj

  • Neat, trim.
  • Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
  • Quick; little and active.

Adjective

  • Neat, trim, and stylish in dress or appearance.

Examples

  • His DAPPER play earned him points and compliments on his sartorial board strategy.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’).

Scrabble Score: 11

dapper: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dapper: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dapper: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

dapper: valid Words With Friends Word