Coxcombry
31pomposity — n 1. pompousness, haughtiness, hauteur, arrogance, self importance, pontification, Inf. stuffiness; pretension, pretentiousness, affectation, airs, attitudinizing, posing, Inf. highfalutin ways; vainglory, vanity, pride, foppery, dandyism,… …
32pose — I v 1. affect, attitudinize, act, play to, make a show of; assume, put on airs, Sl. put on the dog, profess; feign, pretend, fake, sham, go through the motions; bluff, deceive, dissemble, posture; show off, swank, be vain, talk big, boast. 2.… …
33vanity — n 1. egotism, conceit, conceitedness, self conceit, overweening pride, self pride, self love, narcissism, self admiration, self worship, Inf. me ism, self approbation, self glorification, self importance, swelled headedness, vainglory,… …
34coxcomb — n. an ostentatiously conceited man; a dandy. Derivatives: coxcombry n. (pl. ies). Etymology: = cock s comb (see COCK(1)), orig. (a cap worn by) a jester …
35foppery — ˈfäp(ə)rē, ri noun ( es) Etymology: fop (I) + ery 1. : foolish character or action : folly, absurdity, vanity let not the sound of shallow foppery enter my sober ho …
