coxcombical

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
28
Words With Friends
34
Letters
11

Definition of coxcombical

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Like, or in the style of, a coxcomb.
    “The majority of these idlers were impudent-looking braggarts, who, with jaunty air and coxcombical show of superiority, endeavoured to enforce their own opinions, and to silence those of every one else.”
    “Marlow is a coxcombical prig, that is the truth on't; and if a man will expose himself, why, he must even take what follows.”
    “Of Wordsworth's demeanour and physical presence, De Quincey's account, silly, coxcombical, and vulgar, is the worst; Carlyle's, as might be expected from his magical gift of portraiture, is the best.”

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Etymology

From coxcomb + -ical.

Words you can make from coxcombical

158 playable · top: COXCOMBIC (26 pts)

Best play coxcombic 26 points

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