ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Coxcombically

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Coxcombically is an adverb meaning (obsolete) in the manner of a coxcomb.

Meaning

(obsolete) in the manner of a coxcomb.

Example Sentences

"Nowadays, the young people sit while their elders stand!" the Abbot succinctly said, riveting a curly-pated enfant de coeur lolling coxcombically beneath the nose of a doating Statilia.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coxcomically, coily, acock, cuckoldly, compass, cruellie.

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