10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «COXCOMICAL»
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An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language in which ...
He is CoxcoMIcAL, his actions are CoxCOMBRY, or he acts CoxcoMnLY,
because carrying, either in his dress or manners, the marks of Folly. Coxcombry,
Coxcomical, and Coxcombly (the words last mentioned) are seldom written ; their
...
David BOOTH (Author of the Analytical Dictionary.),
1835
2
The Farington Diary, [1793-1821]: July 13, 1793, to August ...
I794George III. and Coxcomical Works February ll.—Called at Shakespeare
Gallery, where I met Combe [author of the “ Tours of Dr. Syntax ”], G. Steevens,
and Nicol [bookseller], and told them of the election [at the Royal Academy on the
...
3
The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
Coxcomical is, foppish; conceited. A low word, unworthy of use, says Johnson ;
but in spite of his censure, the word is still in use, as well as its relation,
coxcomically. As the cockney did to the eels, when she put them i' the pasty alive
; she rapt ...
4
The London review, conducted by R. Cumberland
We will however conclude our review of it with two positions that do merit our
approbation : one is the deprecating the foolish adoption of such words as
reheats, barleys, &c. by coxcomical agriculturists ; the other, the affected use of
sang, ...
5
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Coxcomical is, foppish ; conceited. A low word, unworthy of use, says Johnson ;
but in spite of his censure, the word is still in use, as well as its relation,
coxcomically. As the cockney did to the eels, when the put them i' the pasty alive ;
she rapt ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington),
1839
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An analytical Dictionary of the english language: in which ...
He is Coxcomical, his actions are Coxcombry, or he acts Coxcombly, because
carrying, either in his dress or manners, the marks of Folly. Coxcombry,
Coxcomical, and Coxcombly (the words last mentioned) are seldom written ; their
meaning ...
7
An analytical dictionary of the English language
The adjective and adverb, Coxcomical and Coxcombly, are nearly out of use,
having been superseded by Foppish and Foppishly. Coxcombry may be written
for the substantive. Among plants, the Rmnanthus crista-galli, an annual,
common in ...
8
An analytical dictionary of the English language, in which ...
He is Coxcomical, his actions are Coxcombry, or he acts Coxcombly, because
carrying, either in his dress or manners, the marks of Folly. Coxcombry,
Coxcomical, and Coxcombly (the words last mentioned) are seldom written ; their
meaning ...
9
Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words: A Supplement to ...
These notes Mr. Chalmers is pleased to call a coxcomical display of etymological
erudition, and of true etymological impertinence. Mr. Chalmers will permit me to
inform him, that Dr. Doig was one of the soundest and profoundest classical ...
Jonathan Boucher, Joseph Hunter, Joseph Stevenson,
1833
10
Shakespeare and his times
That, in consequence of this custom, effeminate and coxcomical men were
sarcastically compared to Maid Marian, appears from a passage in a pamphlet by
Barnaby Rich, who, satirising the male attire, as worn by the fops of the reigns of
...