coxcomb

[ koks-kohm ]

/ ˈkɒksˌkoʊm /

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noun

a conceited, foolish dandy; pretentious fop.

Archaic. head; pate.

Obsolete. cockscomb(def 2).

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Origin of coxcomb

First recorded in 1565–75; spelling variant of cockscomb

SYNONYMS FOR coxcomb

1. dude, popinjay, jackanapes.

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Related formscox·comb·i·cal

[koks-kom-i-kuhl, -koh-mi-] /kɒksˈkɒm ɪ kəl, -ˈkoʊ mɪ-/, cox·comb·ic, adjectivecox·comb·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for coxcomb

What do you see in my Face that shou'd make you judge me such a Coxcomb?
The Stolen Heiress|Susanna Centlivre
He jeered at "the coxcomb Czar, the autocrat of waltzes and of war."
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 4. Naturalism in England|Georg Brandes
Ser Piero was already celebrated as a conqueror of women; he was four-and-twenty, handsome, strong, something of a coxcomb.
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci|Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
They thought (instinctively, and each in their different ways,) that he must be a coxcomb.
Hester, Volume 2 (of 3)|Margaret Oliphant

Coxcomb as I was, I knew well how passionless was the interest expressed for me.
Pelham, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for coxcomb

coxcomb

/ (ˈkɒksˌkəʊm) /

noun

a variant spelling of cockscomb

archaic a foppish man

obsolete the cap, resembling a cock's comb, worn by a jester

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Word Origin and History for coxcomb

coxcomb

1570s, from cokkes comb (1560s, see cockscomb).

coxcomb

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coxcomb

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