coxcombry

It may be doubted whether there is any more astounding monument of coxcombry in literature.

Pity that such talents should be coupled with such cowardice and coxcombry.

This is a bit of coxcombry which has no match in the simple, unaffected vanity of the Portuguese.

We give two or three specimens to confound at once this miserable piece of coxcombry and shuffling.