Third-person singular present tense: to make someone act like a dandy, or to dress or groom someone in an excessively fashionable or affected manner.
From 'dandy' (an excessively fashionable person) plus the verb-forming suffix '-ify,' which comes from Latin 'facere' (to make). The word became common in 18th-century English when dandyism was at its height.
This verb captures a whole social phenomenon—18th-century London was obsessed with dandies like Beau Brummell, who were basically the influencers of their time, and people would literally try to copy their every outfit and gesture.
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