English Explanatory Dictionary

cockscomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fleshy red crest of a rooster
  2. A red cap once worn by court jesters
  3. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)
  4. An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers
  5. A conceited dandy
  6. A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed

Pronunciation

En-us-cockscomb.ogg

Word forms

cockscomb cockscombs cock's comb cock's-comb coxcomb

Etymology

From Middle English cokkes comb; equivalent to cock + -s- + comb.

Synonyms

fop popinjay barbermonger beau blade blood buck carpet knight cockscomb dandy dike dood dude dudelet exquisite fashionable fast man fine gentleman foretop fribble gallant go jack-a-dandy Jemmy-Jessamy jetter macaroni masher metrosexual mignon petit maître pretty boy prig puss-gentleman smart spark spiff swell tippy toff

Derived words

cockscombed common cockscomb garden cockscomb plumed cockscomb silver cockscomb yellow cockscomb
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