Definizione monolingua

coxcomb

coxcomb (plural coxcombs)

1. (obsolete) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
2. A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xiii

     […] for though I am afraid the doctor was a little of a coxcomb, he might be nevertheless very much of a surgeon.

3. The fleshy red pate of a rooster.

Definizione dizionario coxcomb

Altri significati:

(obsolete) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.

A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.

The fleshy red pate of a rooster.