coxcomb
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 22
- Words With Friends
- 26
- Letters
- 7
/ˈkɒks.koʊm/
Definition of coxcomb
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (historical)The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
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noun
- (historical)The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
- The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
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(broadly)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!"”
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Etymology
From Middle English cokke’s comb.
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