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COXCOMBICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
coxcombically (not comparable)
(obsolete) in the manner of a coxcomb
"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.
Source: Wiktionary
COXCOMBICAL
Cox*comb"ic*al (kks-km"-kal), a.
Definition: Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited.
– Cox*comb"ic*al*ly, adv. Studded all over in coxcombical fashion with little brass nails. W. Irving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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