Definitions
Neat, stylish, and smartly dressed.
Word origin
From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’).
Used in a sentence
““It is too bad that monsieur has been troubled,” said Tarzan, turning to the newspaper man. “I bid monsieur good evening,” and he bowed the dapper young man out of the room, and closed the door in his face.”
“Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Neatly dressed and trim”6 letters
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