coxcombical

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coxcombical

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From coxcomb + -ical.

adjective more coxcombical · most coxcombical

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.
Similar: buckish, dandyish, beauish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandy, dandyistic, dudish, foppish, foppy, Jemmy-Jessamy

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@misc{coxcombical_2026,
  title = {coxcombical},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coxcombical},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}