Consider today the concept, phenomenon and just the word "smart." This will be interesting, because brutal men perceive their brothers as representatives of the beautiful half of humanity. Fashion is a woman’s area of interest, men say so. But some guys disagree, so dandies exist. Consider the origin of the word, meaning and synonyms.
History
One would think that the language partly supports brutal men, but this is nothing more than a coincidence. The word came to us from Polish, where it means "dandy, dodger." In another dictionary, which was compiled by Lev Vasilievich Uspensky, the word is interpreted even more severely: "assault, swindler." The Poles, in turn, borrowed the word from the Czechs, they have “dandy” - this is an abbreviation of the name Frantisek or Francis. By the way, Frantisek is also a hero of folk tales, like Ivan the Fool. So, despite the notoriety of the name, it is not so bad. And the dandies were always hard, they had to put up with a misunderstanding of the majority.
Value
This is only part of the interpretation. Now it’s up to the modern meaning of the word “smart”: “a man who likes to dress up is a dandy” It must be said that it is still mostly said about men.
Again, it attracts like a magnet the question of why dandies do not want to understand. Maybe it’s all about ordinary human envy? And what a good hypothesis. After all, a dandy is not only one outfit, it is a certain lifestyle that is simply not affordable for those who are looking at a fashionista. Although O. Henry also has heroes who work hard all week, and on weekends (even then not every one) go out, dressing stylishly. Is it dandies? No, they cannot be called that. However, this is a rather deep question, so we will stop here and move on to synonyms.
Synonyms and Bonus
The word is not that outdated, but needs support. Therefore, we consider a list of those who are able to substitute his shoulder in difficult times:
- fashionista;
- dude;
- dandy;
- dandy;
- dude.
And that’s almost all. There is only one interesting word that is unknown whether it can be considered synonymous with dandy or not. In other words, is the metrosexual dandy? Good question. After all, many are afraid of this word, thinking that it is a matter of sexual orientation. But in fact, by metrosexual we mean a sexual resident of the capital (metropolitan and sexual), and “sexual” here is more likely not an exciting desire, but beautiful, attractive. And the capital, because in the capital there are more opportunities to take care of yourself. In general, metrosexuals are found not only in the capital, but also abroad. So the answer to the question posed a little higher, yes, metrosexual and smart are synonyms. The term, by the way, appeared only in 1994. And if you need a specific example, then this, of course, is David Beckham.