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English
Etymology
From coxcomb + -ly.
Adjective
coxcombly (comparative more coxcombly, superlative most coxcombly)
- (obsolete) Like a coxcomb.
c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1679, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:You coxcombly ass, you!