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coxcombry

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒkskəmɹɪ/Sorted bccmoorxyStarts with CEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A behaviour or manner that is characteristic of a coxcomb; a foppish behaviour.

Word origin

From coxcomb + -ry.

Used in a sentence

  • He was clean shaved; clean shaving is a favorite coxcombry of the deacon class.
  • He paused, grimly regarding it, while a dash of pleased coxcombry seemed to mingle with the otherwise savage satisfaction expressed in his face.
  • A man emasculated by coxcombry may spend more time upon the arrangement of his clothes than any woman, but even then there is no fetichism in his idea of them--they are still only a covering he uses for a time.

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