What does coxcomb mean?
Coxcomb means (historical) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe..
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/ˈkɒks.koʊm/ · noun
(historical) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe..
Thanks to my stars, I once can see / A window here from scribbling free! / Here no conceited coxcombs pass, / To scratch their paltry drabs on glass; / Nor party-fool is calling names, / Or dealing crowns to George and James.
[F]or tho' I am afraid the Doctor was a little of a Coxcomb, he might be nevertheleſs very much of a Surgeon.
And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"
Use coxcomb when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coxcomb means (historical) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe..
Common synonyms include fool, popinjay, comb, cockscomb.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thanks to my stars, I once can see / A window here from scribbling free! / Here no conceited coxcombs pass, / To scratch their paltry drabs on glass; / Nor party-fool is calling names, / Or dealing crowns to George and James.
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