What is the Latin word for dandy?

The usual Latin words for “dandy” are ēlegāns, trossulus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“dandy” in Latin

ēlegānsfine, elegant, handsome; tasteful; fastidious, critical trossulusOf or from Trossulum

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

dandy

homo elegans or elegantior (nice in his dress): bellus homunculus (a spruce little fellow, Varr. Gell.): homo pumicatus (who smooths his skin with pumice-stone, Plin., Ep., 2, 11): homo vulsus (who has the hairs of his face pulled out; Vid: Spald. on Quint., 2, 5, 12): juvenis barba et coma nitidus, de capsula totus (who struts along trimmed and curried just as if he came out of a band-box, Sen., Ep., 115, 2): homo putidus (affected in manner or speech): trossulus (in ancient times, eques Romanus; about the end of the republic, a nickname for a coxcomb; Vid: Ruhnken, Sen., Ep., 76, 1.): delicatus adolescens (Cic., Brut., 53).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for dandy?: The usual Latin words for “dandy” are ēlegāns, trossulus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.