Todays Word

 

dandiprat

PRONUNCIATION:

(DAN-dee-prat) 

MEANING:

noun
1. An inconsequential person.
2. A person of small stature.
3. A child.

ETYMOLOGY:

Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1525. Dandiprat was also the name of a silver coin in 16th-century England, worth three halfpence.

USAGE:

“In return, Conservatives could dismiss Mr Corbyn as a dandiprat, a figure of no significance, and a mere grumbletonian.”
This Mugwump Is a Dandiprat; The Sunday Times (London, UK); Apr 30, 2017.