coxcombly
English
Etymology
Adjective
coxcombly (comparative more coxcombly, superlative most coxcombly)
- (obsolete) foolish
- 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:
- You coxcombly ass, you!
References
- “coxcombly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.