transcription, транскрипция: [ ̈ɪˈdændɪ ]
n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a man unduly devoted to style, smartness, and fashion in dress and appearance. 2 colloq. an excellent thing. --adj. (dandier, dandiest) esp. US colloq. very good of its kind; splendid, first-rate. ødandy-brush a brush for grooming a horse. dandy roll (or roller) a device for solidifying, and impressing a watermark in, paper during manufacture. øødandyish adj. dandyism n. [18th c.: perh. orig. = Andrew, in Jack-a-dandy]