coxcombry
noun
Roget 855:
affectation;
affectedness
etc.
adj.;
acting a part
etc.
v.;
pretense
etc.
(falsehood)
544,
(ostentation)
882;
boasting
etc.
884.
charlatanism,
quackery,
shallow profundity;
pretension,
airs,
pedantry,
purism,
precisianism,
euphuism;
teratology
etc.
(altiloquence)
577.
mannerism,
simagree,
grimace.
conceit,
foppery,
dandyism,
man millinery,
coxcombry,
puppyism.
stiffness,
formality,
buckram;
prudery,
demureness,
coquetry,
mock modesty,
minauderie,
sentimentalism;
mauvais honte,
false shame.
affector,
performer,
actor;
pedant,
pedagogue,
doctrinaire,
purist,
euphuist,
mannerist;
grimacier;
lump of affectation,
precieuse ridicule [Fr.],
bas bleu [Fr.],
blue stocking,
poetaster;
prig;
charlatan
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
petit maitre
etc.
(fop)
854;
flatterer
etc.
935;
coquette,
prude,
puritan.
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Roget 880:
vanity;
conceit,
conceitedness;
self-conceit,
self-complacency,
self-confidence,
self-sufficiency,
self-esteem,
self-love,
self-approbation,
self-praise,
self-glorification,
self-laudation,
self-gratulation†,
self-applause,
self-admiration;
amour propre [Fr.];
selfishness
etc.
943.
airs,
affected manner,
pretensions,
mannerism;
egotism;
priggism†,
priggishness;
coxcombry,
gaudery†,
vainglory,
elation;
pride
etc.
878;
ostentation
etc.
882;
assurance
etc.
885.
vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.];
cheval de bataille [Fr.].
coxcomb
etc.
854;
Sir Oracle
etc.
887.
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