ponce

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ponce /pɒns/ Brit. informal

▶noun

• 1 a man who lives off a prostitute's earnings.

• 2 derogatory an effeminate man.

▶verb

• 1 live off a prostitute's earnings.

• 2 (ponce about/around) behave in an affected or ineffectual way.

• 3 (ponce something up) attempt to improve something by making flashy changes.

– derivatives
poncey (also poncy) adjective .

– origin C19: perh. from pounce1.