Definition of coxcomb

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Coxcomb (n.) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps..

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Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Coxcomical :: Coxcomical (a.) Coxcombical.
Coxcombry :: Coxcombry (n.) The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb..
Princox :: Princox (n.) A coxcomb; a pert boy.
Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark..
Cox :: Cox (n.) A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull.
Coxcombical :: Coxcombical (a.) Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited.
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb..
Dandy :: Dandy (n.) One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) The cap itself.
Foppery :: Foppery (n.) The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly..
Popinjay :: Popinjay (n.) A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb..
Fop :: Fop (n.) One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
Coxcombly :: Coxcombly (a.) like a coxcomb.
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) The top of the head, or the head itself.
Cockscomb :: Cockscomb (n.) See Coxcomb.
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