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pijo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dandy noun A man who is unusually preoccupied with his clothes, grooming, and refined manners.
  • snob noun A person who looks down on others they consider to have lower taste, status, or refinement.
  • snobbish adjective Behaving like a snob; arrogantly looking down on people seen as less refined.
  • toff noun An elegantly dressed person.

Senses

pijo is used for these senses in English:

  • snob (informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]
  • snobbish Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
  • toff (UK, Irish, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.

dandy — full definition

  1. noun A man who is unusually preoccupied with his clothes, grooming, and refined manners.
  2. adj Very good or fine, in an old-fashioned, cheerful sense.

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