coxcomb
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English cokke's comb lit. "the comb of a cock"
Noun [edit]
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.
- 2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like
- And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xiii
- The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
Translations [edit]
court jester's cap
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a foolish or conceited person; a dandy
the fleshy red pate of a rooster
Quotations [edit]
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