Coxcomb

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 25

koks′kōm, n. a strip of red cloth notched like a cock's comb, which profe ional fools used to wear: a fool: a fop.— adjs. Coxcom′bical , Coxcom′ical , foppish: vain.— n. Coxcombical′ity .— adv. Coxcom′bically .— n. Cox′combry , the manner of a coxcomb. [ Cockscomb. ]