单词 | coxcombery |
释义 | coxcomberyn. Conceitedness, vanity, pretentious affectation; foppery. Cf. coxcombry n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > characteristic behaviour of fop-road1677 coxcombry1745 coxcombliness1765 coxcombery1774 coxcombality1785 the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] idleshipa1250 vanitya1340 self-love1539 self-liking1549 conceit1563 vainness1567 self-pridea1586 self-delight1591 self-admiration1609 self-respect1609 self-lovingnessa1628 self-idolatry1643 self-idolizing1643 selfism1731 coxcombry1745 coxcombliness1765 coxcombicality1766 coxcombery1774 narcissism1822 narcism1938 1774 Lady's Mag. Aug. 436/2 A waterman, honest and blunt; and a gardener, made up of coxcombery and foppishness, pay their respective addresses to her. 1837 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 581/1 The Jack Essences either perished for want of ‘Warren's Milk of Roses’ to wash with..; or else..they threw aside their slough of effeminate coxcombery, and turned into brave and well-conducted soldiers. 1921 E. L. White Andivius Hedulio i. i. 8 Travelling long distances by litter..had become a fashion through the extreme coxcombery of wealthy fops. 2002 Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. 24 Listen to rap music.., feel the empty bravado and jack-the-lad bombast, and you will have the whole damn strutting coxcombery in a nutshell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1774 |
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