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coxcomb

(käks′kōm′)

noun

a cap topped with a notched strip of red cloth like a cock's comb, formerly worn by jesters
a silly, vain, foppish fellow; dandy

Origin: for cock's comb

Related Forms:

coxcombical adjective

See coxcomb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A conceited dandy; a fop.
Obsolete A jester's cap; a cockscomb.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cokkes comb, crest of a cock

Origin: : cokkes

Origin: , genitive of cok, cock; see cock¹

Origin: + comb, crest; see comb

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Related Forms:

cox·combˈi·cal (-kōmˈĭ-kəl) adjective

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