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coxcombical

coxcombical adjective: like, or in the style of, a coxcomb.

Adjective

coxcombical (comparative more coxcombical, superlative most coxcombical)

  1. Like, or in the style of, a coxcomb.
    • The majority of these idlers were impudent-looking braggarts, who, with jaunty air and coxcombical show of superiority, endeavoured to enforce their own opinions, and to silence those of every one else.1857, John Benwell, An Englishman's Travels in America
    • Marlow is a coxcombical prig, that is the truth on't; and if a man will expose himself, why, he must even take what follows.1903, William Godwin, Caleb Williams

Synonyms of coxcombical

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Forms of coxcombical

comparativemore coxcombical
superlativemost coxcombical

Origin of coxcombical

From coxcomb + -ical.

Words formed from coxcombical

Questions about coxcombical

What does coxcombical mean?
Coxcombical means like, or in the style of, a coxcomb.
What part of speech is coxcombical?
Coxcombical is an adjective.

Words near coxcombical in the dictionary

  1. coxcomb charts
  2. coxcombed
  3. coxcomberies
  4. coxcombery
  5. coxcombic
  6. coxcombical
  7. coxcombicality
  8. coxcombically
  9. coxcombly
  10. coxcombries
  11. coxcombry

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