What Does Coxcombical Mean?
Definition of 'Coxcombical' 1. of or Resembling the Characteristic Nature of a Coxcomb. There Was Something Irresistibly Comic in the Young Man Dressed in the...
What is a coxcomb person?
1a : a jester's cap adorned with a strip of red. b archaic : pate, head. 2a obsolete : fool. b : a conceited foolish person : fop.
What is a coxcomb in King Lear?
From dictionary.com: 'Coxcomb is a corrupted spelling of cock's comb, the comb of a rooster, hence the badge resembling it that was worn in the cap of a professional fool or jester, hence the wearer of the cap, hence a fool or a vain and silly man.'
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