coxcomb
pronunciation
How to pronounce coxcomb in British English:
UK ['kɒkskəʊm]
How to pronounce coxcomb in American English:
US ['kɒksˌkoʊm]
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- Noun:
- a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
- a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
- the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Word Origin
- coxcomb (n.)
- 1570s, from cokkes comb (1560s, see cockscomb). Johnson has coxcomical (adj.) "foppish, conceited," but discourages it as "a low word unworthy of use."
Example
- 1. That coxcomb died because of much drinking .