† coxcombalityn.
Obsolete. rare.
Pretentious affectation, foppishness. Also: something which exemplifies this. Cf. coxcombicality n. at coxcombical adj. Derivatives.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun]
affectation1548
affection1570
phantastry1656
stilt1735
fal-lal1775
coxcombality1785
meemaw1790
posture-making1797
attitudinarianism1803
attitudinizing1812
piminy1819
stiltishness1824
niminy-piminyism1840
gyvera1866
notion1866
attitudinization1871
effectism1871
jam1882
chichi1908
poncing1969
pseudery1972
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > characteristic behaviour of
fop-road1677
coxcombry1745
coxcombliness1765
coxcombery1774
coxcombality1785
1785 Town & Country Mag. July 377/1 In this frippery age of coxcombality, when nothing but the refinement of puppies and macaronies prevails, a plain man cannot live in the world.
1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) II. xxx. 160 Nick-nacks, bronzes, busts, cameos, and alabaster vases..in short, all the pretty coxcomalities of the drawing-room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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