dapper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
    rakish; spiffy; natty; snappy; raffish; dashing; spruce; jaunty.
    • a dapper young man
    • a jaunty red hat

WordNet

Dap"per adjective
Etymology
OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave, valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobr&ucr; good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. Deft.
Definitions
  1. Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
    He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man. Milton.
    The dapper ditties that I wont devise. Spenser.
    Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. Julian Hawthorne.

Webster 1913