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coxcomb

(n): a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
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5 months ago yarb said:

'"He's a cursed white-blooded pedantic coxcomb," said Will, with gnashing impetuosity.'

- George Eliot, Middlemarch

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