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Coxcomb [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The top of the head.

2. The comb resembling that of a cock, which licensed fools wore formerly in their caps.

3. A fop; a vain showy fellow; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments.

4. A kind of red flower; a name given to a species of Celosia, and some other plants.

Coxcomb [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. The cap itself.

3. The top of the head, or the head itself

4. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop.

5. A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb.

Coxcombical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Coxcombly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Like a coxcomb. [Not used.]

Coxcombly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

like a coxcomb.

Coxcombry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.