dudes
dude /do͞od / ‹informal chiefly N. Amer.›I. noun 1. a man; a guy •if some dude smacked me, I'd smack him back. 2. a stylish, fastidious man •cool dudes. [a slang term that came into vogue in New York c. 1883, in connection with the ‘aesthetic’craze of the period.] 3. a city-dweller, especially one vacationing on a ranch in the western US. II. verb —[no obj.] (dude up) 1. dress up elaborately (as adj. duded) •my brother was all duded up in silver and burgundy. III. derivatives dudish /ˈdo͞odiSH / adjective – origin late 19th cent.: probably from German dialect Dude ‘fool.’
