dapper

Meaning

Adjective

• Neat, trim.
• Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
• Quick; little and active.

Origin

• From Middle English daper, from Middle Dutch dapper, Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (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 ‘fat’).