Sudan, Africa

Fashion (fash'on), Sir Novelty. In Cibber's "Love's Last Shift," "a coxcomb that loves to be the first in all foppery." Vanbrugh metamorphosed him into Lord Fopping ton in "The Relapse." The interest of the audience in Sir Novelty does not centre in him as an unprincipled rake (he is, however, sufficiently unscrupulous), as it is attracted towards him as a "beau," a man of fashion, who profe es to see nothing tolerable in himself, solely in order to extort praise for his magnificence from others. He is the first man who was ever called "beau," which title he profe es to prefer to "right honourable," for the latter is inherited, while the former is owing to his surprising mien and unexampled gallantry.