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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