coxcomb
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- noun
- /ˈkɒksˌkoʊm/
- Offensive
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- If I'd met you over dinner, and there hadn't been a murder or any kind of upset in the house, I'd think the same as I did when I first laid eyes on you—that you were a coxcomb, vain and light-minded and too clever for your own good, or anybody else's.
Examples
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If the enemy is an ass and a fool and a prating coxcomb, is it meet that we should also be an ass... and a fool and a prating coxcomb in your conscience now?
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It is the product of the coxcomb, a new category of narcissistic, effeminized masculinity, which included the "macaroni," fop, or dandy and men of the third sex.
Academic text (2013) -
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Fiction book (1997) -
If the enemy is an ass and a fool and a prating coxcomb, is it meet that we should also be an ass... and a fool and a prating coxcomb in your conscience now?
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For example, the admonitory definition in S. H., "The Character of a Coxcomb," Lady's Magazine 24 (1793): 173-74: "It is well-known that one of these butterfly-men loves no created being as much as himself?"
Academic text (2013) -
He pranced around the party, clearly a coxcomb more interested in his looks than in the conversation.
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Everyone rolled their eyes as the coxcomb boasted about his latest accomplishments again.
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Don't be such a coxcomb; your constant need for admiration is getting tiresome.
Synonyms
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A man who cares a lot about his clothes and appearance
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A man who cares a lot about his clothes and style
A man who is too proud of his looks and clothes
A man who dresses and acts in a flashy way to attract attention
A person who thinks they are better than other people
How Vain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coxcomb comes from cock 'rooster' and comb 'crest', and it came to mean a vain man because people compared showy men to roosters that strut and show off their bright crest.