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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-coxcomb.wav Forms: coxcombs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cokke’s comb. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cokke}} Middle English cokke Head templates: {{en-noun}} coxcomb (plural coxcombs)
  1. (historical) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Comedy Translations (court jester's cap): шапка на шут (šapka na šut) (Bulgarian), narrinhattu (Finnish), шутовско́й колпа́к (šutovskój kolpák) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-coxcomb-en-noun-yTe1cuxi Disambiguation of Comedy: 53 4 43 Disambiguation of "court jester's cap": 78 1 22
  2. The fleshy red pate of a rooster. Synonyms (pate of a rooster): cockscomb Translations (pate of a rooster): hanekam [common-gender] (Danish), heltta (Finnish), Hahnenkamm [masculine] (German), пету́ший гребешо́к (petúšij grebešók) [masculine] (Russian), гре́бень (grébenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), cresta [feminine] (Spanish), tuppkam [common-gender] (Swedish), sulesule (Ternate)
    Sense id: en-coxcomb-en-noun-xiZ-uxXq Disambiguation of 'pate of a rooster': 1 97 2 Disambiguation of 'pate of a rooster': 1 97 2
  3. (by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fool, popinjay Translations (foolish or conceited person): франт (frant) [masculine] (Bulgarian), narri (Finnish), pelle (Finnish), tomppeli (Finnish), uuno (Finnish), самодово́льный хлы́щ (samodovólʹnyj xlýšč) [masculine] (Russian), фат (fat) [masculine] (Russian), пижо́н (pižón) [masculine] (Russian), lechuguino [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-coxcomb-en-noun-vFDQQqbY Disambiguation of People: 24 29 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ternate translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 7 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 10 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 5 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 16 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 11 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 15 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 9 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 5 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 3 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 15 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Ternate translations: 11 6 82 Disambiguation of 'foolish or conceited person': 4 0 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coxcomb chart, coxcombed, coxcombic, coxcombical, coxcombically, coxcombly, coxcombry, coxcomby

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "pate of a rooster",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tuppkam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tft",
      "lang": "Ternate",
      "sense": "pate of a rooster",
      "word": "sulesule"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "frant",
      "sense": "foolish or conceited person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "франт"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foolish or conceited person",
      "word": "narri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foolish or conceited person",
      "word": "pelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foolish or conceited person",
      "word": "tomppeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foolish or conceited person",
      "word": "uuno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samodovólʹnyj xlýšč",
      "sense": "foolish or conceited person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самодово́льный хлы́щ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fat",
      "sense": "foolish or conceited person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pižón",
      "sense": "foolish or conceited person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пижо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "foolish or conceited person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lechuguino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coxcomb"
}

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