coxcomb
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English cokke's comb lit. "the comb of a cock"
[edit] Noun
coxcomb (plural coxcombs)
- (obsolete) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
- A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xiii
- […] for though I am afraid the doctor was a little of a coxcomb, he might be nevertheless very much of a surgeon.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xiii
- The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
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