a consummate coxcomb;

nutriva un po' troppo i capegli e [...] d'odorose essenza oliva mollemente (he took too much care in his hair and he languidly smelled of perfumed essences);

freluquet (the french equivalent of a coxcomb);

Adonis manqué (failed Adonis):

contino Algarotti/Algarotolus comtulus (little count);

zerbino in parrucca spada e manichini, tutto riverenze e minuetti (simp in a wig, rapier and mannequins, all curtsy and minuets);

azzimato sempre e in fiocchi, col belletto e co' nei (always a dapper with ribbons, rouge and moles);

enfant terrible of the 18th century;

piccioletto della persona, ma tutto pepe, liscio, azzimato ed attilatuccio (short in stature, but all pepper, smooth, well-groomed and slinky);

il vagheggino, il cicisbeo, il figlio degenere del Settecento (the beau, the gallant, the debauched son of the 18th century);

the dapper Algarotti, philosopher for ladies, versifier for kings, and hanger-on of celebrities, his long beaked face peeping out from a huge wig and pelisse.