Word Meanings - COXCOMBRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.

Related words: (words related to COXCOMBRY)

• 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.
• COXCOMBLY
  like a coxcomb. "You coxcombly ass, you!" Beau & Fl.
• COXCOMBRY
  The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.