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单词 coxcombity
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coxcombityn.

Forms: 1600s coxcombeity, 1700s–1800s coxcombity, 1700s–1800s coxcomity.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coxcomb n., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < coxcomb n. + -ity suffix.The form coxcombeity probably reflects spellings of coxcomb n. with final -e , and hence a pronunciation with four syllables, although compare also -eity suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
Pretentious affectation; (also) an instance of this; something which exemplifies this; = coxcombry n. 2a, 2b.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > an affected manner or appearance > an affectation
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a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (2015) I. 366 Our present Writers reflect so much upon particular persons, and coxcombeities, that 20 yeares hence, they will not be understood.
1774 Fortune-teller (ed. 2) I. v. 36 I soon had the distress to discover (notwithstanding all my coxcombity) that Cornelia had a tendre for me.
1854 C. Knight Once upon a Time II. 140 Inferior masters paint coxcombities that had no relation to universal modes of thought or action.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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