What does coxcombical mean?
Coxcombical means Like, or in the style of, a coxcomb..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
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.
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.
Of Wordsworth's demeanour and physical presence, De Quincey's account, silly, coxcombical, and vulgar, is the worst; Carlyle's, as might be expected from his magical gift of portraiture, is the best.
Use coxcombical when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coxcombical means Like, or in the style of, a coxcomb..
Common synonyms include buckish, dandyish, beauish, coxcombical.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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