单词 | coxcombity |
释义 | † coxcombityn. Obsolete. rare. Pretentious affectation; (also) an instance of this; something which exemplifies this; = coxcombry n. 2a, 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > an affected manner or appearance > an affectation fangle1583 affect1588 coxcombitya1697 coxcombry1777 simper1824 frilla1845 frounce1881 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). < n.a1697 |
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