dossy

adjective

ˈdäsē,

-si

-er/-est

chiefly British

: pretentiously fashionable

Word History

Etymology

Scots dossie sprucely dressed person, from doss neat (from doss to dress, from Dutch dossen, from dos clothes, from Middle Dutch, perhaps from Old French dos back, from Latin dorsum) + -ie

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