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dapper - c.1440, from M.Du. or M.L.G. dapper
"bold, strong, sturdy," from P.Gmc. *dapraz;
perhaps with ironical shift of meaning.
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.  AWAD DICTIONEXTRAORDINARY
dapper: a man dressed in a certain kind of suit. usage -Hey, look at that dapper gangster, he is most defiantly not thereby uncool. source - Inselpeter. dapper: the antipode to cool. cool: the americanized mind of wsieber. dapper: A complimentary description of a well dressed short frenchman. A well dressed tall frenchman is called something else. source - WOW dapper: chiefly british. Used primarily by those who use the words "exquisite" and "requisite" to describe nattily dressed older men. usage - Say what you will, but rolls there bye one helluva exquisite dapper fishonabike. source - Fishonabike. dapper: 1. small and active. 2. a type of dog. usage - Look Henry, have you ever seen such dapper? No Henry, that big slobbery thing is the owner, I'm talking about his feisty little dog, you big dummy! source - modestgoddest. dapper: Australian. The masculine form is used as an male insult and means something wee and small. When directed to the female it means pretty, elegant. source - HEV
dapper: Gangsterspeak amer. (when referring to the Mafia don as dapper, always quickly add that you were alluding to definition #2, the one that doesn't mean "shorty". source - wwh dapper: (see milum) otherwise obsolete in central Alabama. Formally used for scalawags and carpetbaggers of which the modern term is Aluminum Siding Salesman. source - chemeng1992 dapper: A word that boronia uses now and then (she used it in the past month, in fact, in describing her friend Donnie who is a dandy but no one would ever describe him as elegant). source - boronia 
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So what do you think Simon&Garfunkle meant in their song:
I'm dapper and drowsy and ready for sleep.
Let the morning tern drop all it's petals on me.
Life I love you
All is Groovy
Ooops, I've just been told that they say "DAPPLED" and drowsy. Sorry. Mind you, what on earth does dappled mean?
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"Dappled" as in sunlight. So: quiet, calm, receptive to beauty.
"Dapper"--one who skips flat stones on water.
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re:"Dappled" as in sunlight
i use this word to describe the sun beams that dance and dart between the leaves of my giant oak trees. the slightest breeze sets them silently dancing on the grass and flowers, and brings the butterflies, and ladybugs to the dance floor of the garden, moving gracefully to soft music of the coral bells, and the bellflowers. sometimes i sit so still, i can hear the worms bend the blades of grass, as the leave their castings, but the music of the flowers still eludes my ears. i can only imagine it.
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[music, maestro] "I'm dapper and drowsy and ready for sleep." [/music]
what on earth does dappled mean?
Per the dictionary dappled means "spotted; mottled (probably from Old Norse depill, spot, splash, diminutive of dapi, pool."
The most common usage (according to a quick scan of google) is the horse's coat having mottled or spootted markings, particularly the dapple-gray. "Dappled sunlight", a less-common phrase, would be for example sunlight through tree leaves: though indeed restfully beautiful, that beauty is not the inherent meaning of "dappled".
From which it would seem that the Simon & Garfunkel lyric uses the word "dappled" improperly, or perhaps one should say "with poetic license".
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Dear Keiva: You are not welcome to post in AWADtalk.
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go away keiva. you are not wanted here.
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary & Thesaurus
Main Entry: dap.per
Pronunciation: 'da-p&r
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English dapyr, from Middle Dutch dapper quick, strong; akin to Old High German tapfar heavy, Old Church Slavonic debelu thick
Date: 15th century
1 a : neat and trim in appearance b : excessively spruce and stylish
2 : alert and lively in movement and manners
- dap.per.ly adverb
- dap.per.ness noun
-I don't know if Merriam-Webster's gets any respect around here ;¬)
not necessarily anything new, but it's the way I've always used the word. Hercule Poirot is dapper.
and I've always loved the line "I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep", crafted with a great melody...
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I've always loved the line "I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep", crafted with a great melodyCouldn't agree more, etaoin. Talk about getting great value out of one (admittedly excellent) guitar phrase. Full lyrics at: http://www.geocities.com/just_4_u333/simonandgarfunkel.html#The59thStreetBridgeSongfor those interested. Just in passing - off the top of me head I can only think of one song that repeats the same chord sequence absolutely all the way through, being With or Without You. And I can't think of any song that repeats exactly the same picked guitar part. 'riff' isn't the right word here, I think. Then again... I feel a new thread coming on!FiskP.S. Another absolute blinder, Milo - brightened my day again
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