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† ˈcoxcombly, a. Obs.
Also 7 cockscombly.
[f. coxcomb + -ly1.]
Resembling, or of the nature of, a coxcomb; characteristic of a coxcomb or fop.
1585Lupton Thous. Notable Th. (1675) 276 You coxcombly knave, said he, it is a Mill. 1611Beaum. & Fl. Maid's Trag. i. ii, My looks terrify them, you coxcombly ass, you! 1662–3Pepys Diary 8 Mar., The fellow would not be known, which my Lord imputed to his coxcombly humour. 1739Cibber Apol. (1756) I. 124 With all the true coxcombly spirit and humour that the..character required. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xvi, Go..and may I never see thy coxcombly face again.
Hence † coxcombliness.
1765J. Hoadly in Garrick's Corr. (1831) I. 185, I thought that Dodd was deficient even in coxcombliness in the part of Lord George Brilliant. |