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coxcombries

coxcombries is the plural of coxcombry.

Meaning of coxcombry

Noun

coxcombry (usually uncountable, plural coxcombries)

  1. (countable, usually) 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
  2. (usually) 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

Questions about coxcombries

What is coxcombries the plural of?
Coxcombries is the plural of coxcombry.

Words near coxcombries in the dictionary

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

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