Meanings
adjectivecoxcombly (comparative more coxcombly, superlative most coxcombly)
comparative more coxcombly · superlative most coxcombly
- obsoletefoolish
You coxcombly ass, you!
c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii
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