coxcomb

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
26
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒks.koʊm/

Definition of coxcomb

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
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noun

  1. (historical)The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
  2. The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
  3. (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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