DASHING, DASHINGLY
ADJECTIVES
1785 — PARLISH — PARLOUS dashing, bold, clever, acute, shrewd; said of persons → Eng. dial.
1789 — SPANKY dashing, showy, smart, well-dressed → Sc.
..19C — HANKY-SPANKY dashing; said of persons → Amer.
1823 — VARMENT dashing, natty, fashionable → sl., now Eng. dial.
1874 — RORY-TORY dashing, showy, tawdry; having a mixture of all sorts of flaring colours; generally used of colour in dress → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1913 — RORITORIOUS dashing, showy → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1529 — RUTTINGLY dashingly; so as to make a gallant show → obs.
NOUNS
1884 — DASHER a dashing or brilliant attempt or motion → colloq.
NOUNS, PERSON
1529 — RUTTER a person dressed or behaving like a rutter; a light-hearted cavalier, a dashing gallant → obs.
1597 — BLADE a dashing or spruce fellow; a sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau
1600 — SPARK a dashing, gay fellow
1706 — TOM ASTONER a dashing fellow
.M18 — NERVE a dashing man about town → sl.
1750 — GAY BLADE a dashing or lively man; a rake; later, a homosexual man, esp. a dashing or rakish one
1756 — SPARKY a dashing, gay fellow; a spark or gallant → obs.
1790 — DASHER a dashing young man; a fashionable, attractive person who often attends parties, dances, etc. → sl.
1842 — RIP-SNORTER a dashing, active person → colloq., orig. US
1852 — HIGH-STEPPER a person having a dashing or showy walk or bearing
1894 — BEAU LION a dashing fellow (Bk.)
1894 — BUCK-A-DANDY a dashing, young, or virile man; a fop → Amer. dial.
..L19 — LAD a dashing fellow → colloq.
1905 — BUSTER a dashing fellow → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1945 — SNORTER a dashing or riotous fellow → US Western sl. (Bk.)
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