...Generally, it means a man's "perfect grooming" and "taste for fashion" and aesthetic sense. A practitioner of dandyism is called a dandy. It is a word of English origin that appeared as a neologism at the end of the 18th century, and became widespread from the early to mid-19th century, and came to be used in European languages as well. It originally originated from a hobby born among the English gentry (gentlemen) to find the essence of fashion in hunting clothes with a base of dark colors as a reaction against the flashy and weak 18th century men's clothing influenced by the customs of the French dynasty. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "dandy" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…一般に,男性の〈一分の隙もない身だしなみ〉〈伊達(だて)好み〉の気風や美意識を意味する語。ダンディズムの実践者はダンディdandyという。英語起源の言葉で,18世紀の終りころ新造語として登場,19世紀初頭から中葉にかけて広く普及し,ヨーロッパ諸国語においても用いられるに至った。本来,フランス王朝風俗に影響された華美・柔弱な18世紀男子服に対する反動として,イギリスのジェントリー層(ジェントルマン)に生まれた,ダーク・カラーを基調とする狩猟着にお洒落(しやれ)の真髄を見いだそうとする趣味に端を発している。… ※「dandy」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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