coxcomb
Origin of coxcomb
1Other words for coxcomb
Other words from coxcomb
- cox·comb·i·cal [koks-kom-i-kuhl, -koh-mi-], /kɒksˈkɒm ɪ kəl, -ˈkoʊ mɪ-/, cox·comb·ic, adjective
- cox·comb·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use coxcomb in a sentence
The interests of millions, he fumed, were in “the hands of about twenty coxcombs.”
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYes, there were swells here, ball-room coxcombs in fustian and felt.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice DaviesWhat difference is between us and them but that we are dearer fools, coxcombs at a higher rate?
Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter | Ben JonsonPart of this was owing to her education, part to the necessity of repelling sometimes the advances of conceited coxcombs.
These impatient coxcombs think that all men, like themselves, are miserable, save when in saddle and stirrup.
Quentin Durward | Sir Walter Scott
The bird's-nest seemed like glue or isinglass, but the coxcombs were palatable.
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. Sherwood
British Dictionary definitions for coxcomb
/ (ˈkɒksˌkəʊm) /
a variant spelling of cockscomb
archaic a foppish man
obsolete the cap, resembling a cock's comb, worn by a jester
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