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coxcombly

coxcombly adjective: foolish.

Adjective

coxcombly (comparative more coxcombly, superlative most coxcombly)

  1. (obsolete) foolish
    • You coxcombly ass, you!c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act I...

Forms of coxcombly

comparativemore coxcombly
superlativemost coxcombly

Origin of coxcombly

From coxcomb + -ly.

Questions about coxcombly

What does coxcombly mean?
Coxcombly means foolish.
What part of speech is coxcombly?
Coxcombly is an adjective.

Words near coxcombly in the dictionary

  1. coxcombery
  2. coxcombic
  3. coxcombical
  4. coxcombicality
  5. coxcombically
  6. coxcombly
  7. coxcombries
  8. coxcombry
  9. coxcombs
  10. coxcomby
  11. coxcomical

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