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单词 coxcombry
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coxcombryn.

Brit. /ˈkɒkskəʊmri/, /ˈkɒkskəmri/, U.S. /ˈkɑksˌkoʊmri/
Forms: 1600s cockscombre, 1600s cockscombri, 1600s cockscombrie, 1600s– cockscombry, 1600s– coxcombry.
Etymology: < coxcomb n. + -ry suffix. Compare later coxcombery n.
1.
a. A foolish person. Also: fools collectively (cf. sense 2c). Cf. coxcomb n. 4a. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]
dizzyc825
cang?c1225
foolc1225
apec1330
mopc1330
saddle-goosec1346
mis-feelinga1382
foltc1390
mopec1390
fona1400
buffardc1430
fopc1440
joppec1440
fonda1450
fondlinga1450
insipienta1513
plume of feathers1530
bobolynec1540
dizzard1546
Little Witham?1548
nodc1563
dawkin1565
cocknel1566
nigion1570
niddicock1577
nodcock1577
cuckoo1581
Jack with the feather1581
niddipol1582
noddyship?1589
stirkc1590
fonkin1591
Gibraltar1593
fopper1598
noddypeak1598
coxcombry1600
simple1600
gowka1605
nup1607
fooliaminy1608
silly ass1608
dosser-head1612
dor1616
glow-worm1624
liripipea1625
doodle1629
sop1637
spalt1639
fool's head1650
buffle1655
Jack Adams1656
bufflehead1659
nincompoopc1668
bavian1678
nokes1679
foolanea1681
cod1699
hulver-head1699
nigmenog1699
single ten1699
mud1703
dowf1722
foolatum1740
silly billy1749
tommy noddy1774
arsec1785
nincom1800
silly1807
slob1810
omadhaun1818
potwalloper1820
mosy1824
amadan1825
gump1825
gype1825
oonchook1825
prawn1845
suck-egg1851
goosey1852
nowmun1854
pelican1856
poppy-show1860
buggerlugs1861
damfool1881
mudhead1882
yob1886
peanut head1891
haggis bag1892
poop1893
gazob1906
mush1906
wump1908
zob1911
gorm1912
goof1916
goofus1916
gubbins1916
dumb cluck1922
twat1922
B.F.1925
goofer1925
bird brain1926
berk1929
Berkeley1929
Berkeley Hunt1929
ding1929
loogan1929
stupido1929
poop-stick1930
nelly1931
droop1932
diddy1933
slappy1937
goof ball1938
get1940
poon1940
tonk1941
clot1942
yuck1943
possum1945
gobdaw1947
momo1953
nig-nog1953
plonker1955
weenie1956
nong-nong1959
Berkshire Hunt1960
balloon1965
doofus1965
dork1965
nana1965
shit-for-brains1966
schmoll1967
tosspot1967
lunchbox1969
doof1971
tonto1973
dorkus1979
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
wally1980
wally brain1981
der-brain1983
langer1983
numpty1985
sotong1988
fanny1995
fannybaws2000
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > collectively
redelessa1300
foolish1526
coxcombry1600
Feast of Fools1601
fooliaminy1608
ship of fools1609
noodledom1810
fooldom1843
boobery1920
booboisie1921
1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 51 Martinello of Villafranca, an apparant cockscombrie.
1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one i. sig. B4 My clients come about me, the Fooli-aminy and Cocks-combri of the Country.
1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one iv. sig. G4v A cockscombry? where is he? let him approch.
b. Foolishness, folly. Also: a foolish trait or characteristic (cf. sense 2b). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun]
unwisdomc825
unredeeOE
egedec1175
unwitc1175
unwisdomnessa1200
dusileca1225
dusischipa1225
folly?c1225
kangschipe?c1225
unwitshipa1250
unwisenessa1340
cornardy1340
unwithead1340
lewdness1362
nicetyc1380
sotie1390
folitya1400
follinessa1400
foolheada1400
insipiencec1422
fondnessa1425
wanwita1425
cocardyc1430
foltry1440
jopperyc1440
folliheada1450
fonning?a1475
niceheada1475
foltheadc1475
folabilitya1529
daftness1552
foolageness1563
foppery1592
guckry1596
senselessness1606
coxcombry1608
goosery1642
ineptitude1656
fopicalness1660
fopperishness1683
insagacity1808
spoonery1824
spooniness1824
noodleism1830
addle-headedness1835
foolishment1852
insapiency1876
ineptness1877
goosiness1888
inepticality1923
sappiness1943
gormlessness1958
1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one iii. sig. E4 Thou kitchin-stuffe drab of Beggery, Roguery & cockscombre.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote xxxii. 208 For which of my Coxcombries seene in mee, doe you condemne and reuile mee?
2.
a. Conceitedness, vanity, pretentious affectation; foppery.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > characteristic behaviour of
fop-road1677
coxcombry1745
coxcombliness1765
coxcombery1774
coxcombality1785
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun]
idleshipa1250
vanitya1340
self-love1539
self-liking1549
conceit1563
vainness1567
self-pridea1586
self-delight1591
self-admiration1609
self-respect1609
self-lovingnessa1628
self-idolatry1643
self-idolizing1643
selfism1731
coxcombry1745
coxcombliness1765
coxcombicality1766
coxcombery1774
narcissism1822
narcism1938
1745 Whet-stone To Rdr. sig. A2v The solemn Coxcombry of some illustrious Personages.
1860 R. B. Brough Marston Lynch x. 82 Attired in a nautical suit of ineffable coxcombry.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 402/2 Johnson would have tolerated his coxcombry as little as he would have borne with his inveterate Whiggishness.
2002 Water Gardener July 43/1 Entertainment was the excuse for this extravagant coxcombry, by providing a venue for art, music and theatre and making the garden seem vibrant.
b. A pretentious affectation; a foppish trait or characteristic. Also: something which exemplifies pretentious affectation or foppishness. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > an affected manner or appearance > an affectation
fangle1583
affect1588
coxcombitya1697
coxcombry1777
simper1824
frilla1845
frounce1881
1777 S. J. Pratt Trav. for Heart I. 123 The worst of coxcombries collected from the trash of every different place through which he has past.
1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 55. 438 He..must even introduce his coxcombries, affectations, and eccentricities into..the pulpit.
1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 124 A perfection..which by itself, and regarded in itself, is an architectural coxcombry.
1933 Amer. Lit. 5 59 Willis's amiable coxcombries were a perfect target for the satires.
c. Coxcombs collectively; vain, pretentious, affected people as a class. Obsolete.Apparently only in the works of Lord Byron.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > collectively
coxcombry1818
1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lxxii. 37 Of coxcombry's worst coxcombs e'en the pink.
1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xiv. 35 No babbling crowd Of coxcombry in admiration loud.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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