Word Meanings - COXCOMB - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb. (more info) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.

Additional info about word: COXCOMB

A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb. (more info) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COXCOMB)

• Puppy
• Fop
• coxcomb
• prig

Related words: (words related to COXCOMB)

• PUPPYISM
  Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence. A. Chalmers.
• PUPPYISH
  Like a puppy.
• PUPPYHOOD
  The time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young and undisciplined.
• COXCOMB
  A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb. (more info) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.
• COXCOMBICAL
  Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited. -- Cox*comb"ic*al*ly, adv. Studded all over in coxcombical fashion with little brass nails. W. Irving.
• PUPPY
  The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp. 2. A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person. I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm. Addison.
• COXCOMBLY
  like a coxcomb. "You coxcombly ass, you!" Beau & Fl.
• COXCOMBRY
  The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.
• BUMBLEPUPPY
  The old game of nineholes. 2. Whist played in an unscientific way.