coxcombery
coxcombery is the alternative form of coxcombry.
Meaning of coxcombry
Noun
coxcombry (usually uncountable, plural coxcombries)
- A behaviour or manner that is characteristic of a coxcomb; a foppish behaviour.
- He was clean shaved; clean shaving is a favorite coxcombry of the deacon class.1865, Theodore Winthrop, chapter IX, in John Brent
- Behaviour or airs characteristic of a coxcomb; foppishness.
- His manner was perhaps the more seductive, / Because he ne'er seem'd anxious to seduce; / Nothing affected, studied, or constructive / Of coxcombry or conquest: no abuse / Of his attractions marr'd the fair perspective, / To indicate a Cupidon broke loose, / And seem to say, "Resist us if you can"...1824 March 26, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos XV. and XVI., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and H[enry] L[eigh] Hunt, […], →OCLC, canto XV, stanza XII
Forms of coxcombery
| plural | coxcomberies |
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Origin of coxcombery
From coxcomb + -ery.
Questions about coxcombery
- What is coxcombery the alternative form of?
- Coxcombery is the alternative form of coxcombry.
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