coxcomb
noun/ˈkɒks.koʊm/
Etymology
From Middle English cokke’s comb.
- inherited from cokke
Definitions
The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
A foolish or conceited person
A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
- Thanks to my stars, I once can see / A window here from scribbling free! / Here no conceited coxcombs pass, / To scratch their paltry drabs on glass; / Nor party-fool is calling names, / Or dealing crowns to George and James.
- [F]or tho' I am afraid the Doctor was a little of a Coxcomb, he might be nevertheleſs very much of a Surgeon.
- And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"
The neighborhood
Derived
coxcomb chart, coxcombed, coxcombic, coxcombical, coxcombically, coxcombly, coxcombry, coxcomby
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA