Definition of Coxcamb
Cox"comb` (k?ks"k?m`), n. [A
corrupted spelling of cock's comb.] 1.
(a) A strip of red cloth notched like the
comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their
caps. (b) The cap itself.
2. The top of the head, or the head
itself.
We will belabor you a little better,
And beat a little more care into your coxcombs.
Beau & Fl.
3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited,
silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge
or accomplishments; a fop.
Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy
Of powdered coxcombs at her levee.
Goldsmith.
Some are bewildered in the maze of schools,
And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools.
Pope.
4. (Bot.) A name given to several
plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia
cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as
Cockscomb.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
COXCOMB. Anciently, a fool. Fools, in great families,
wore a cap with bells, on the top of which was a piece of
red cloth, in the shape of a cock's comb. At present,
coxcomb signifies a fop, or vain self-conceited fellow.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- (obsolete) the cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe
- a foolish or conceited person; a dandy
- the fleshy red pate of a rooster
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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