rare. [See -ITY.] = COXCOMBRY 2, 2 b.
c. 1680. Aubrey, Lett. Emin. Persons (1813), II. 537. Our present writers reflect so much upon particular persons, and coxcombeities, that 20 yeares hence they will not be understood.
1854. Knight, Once upon a Time, II. 140. Inferior masters paint coxcombities that had no relation to universal modes of thought or action.
