Dictionary Entry
coxcomb
coxcomb is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 26 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.
- 2noun
The cap itself.
- 3noun
The top of the head, or the head itself
- 4noun
A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop.
- 5noun
A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb.
- 6noun
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
- 7noun
a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
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- 8noun
a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
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