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2. The top of the head, or the head
itself.

We will belabor you a little better,

And beat a little more care into your coxcombs.

Beau & Fl.

3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited,
silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge
or accomplishments; a fop.

Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy

Of powdered coxcombs at her levee.

Goldsmith.

Some are bewildered in the maze of schools,

And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools.

Pope.

4. (Bot.) A name given to several
plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia
cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as
Cockscomb.

Cox*comb"ic*al (k?ks-k?m"?-kal),
a. Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like
a coxcomb; foppish; conceited. --
Cox*comb"ic*al*ly, adv.

Studded all over in coxcombical fashion
with little brass nails.

W. Irving.

Cox"comb"ly (k?ks"k?m`l?), a.
like a coxcomb.


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