coxcombry
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And, even more base than his coxcombry, he despised her because it was he, Edwin, to whom she had taken a fancy.
From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold
This famous balance is a piece of critical coxcombry with which we never could have tolerable patience.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various
But in his own vein, that of coxcombry that is not quite cynical, and is quite intelligent, he is marvellously happy.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
When his interest in a person flagged, he lacked the coxcombry that makes a man afraid that his lack of interest has broken a woman’s heart.
From The Heart's Country by Vorse, Mary Heaton
He wondered if it hadn’t been a sort of coxcombry in him to think there was any danger to her in free and frequent intercourse with him!
From A Beautiful Alien by Magruder, Julia
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