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cockscomb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English cokkes comb; equivalent to cock + -s- + comb.

Meanings

1. The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
2. A red cap once worn by court jesters.
3. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia).
4. An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers.
   • She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket. 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VII, Section xi:
5. (archaic) A conceited dandy.
6. A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed.

Forms

Deriveds

garden cockscomb · silver cockscomb · common cockscomb · cockscombed · yellow cockscomb · plumed cockscomb

Synonyms

go · masher · dood · blood · Jemmy-Jessamy · dandy · fop · fast man · puss-gentleman · fribble · beau · smart · mignon · buck · dike · exquisite · fop · jetter · spark · popinjay · jack-a-dandy · tippy · blade · toff · dude · fashionable · dudelet · foretop · petit maître · metrosexual · swell · carpet knight · cockscomb · macaroni · popinjay · spiff · prig · pretty boy · fine gentleman · barbermonger · gallant

Translations (64)

cy crib ceiliog (Celosia cristata) · vi hoa mào gà (Celosia cristata) · da narrehat (red cap once worn by court jesters) · tyz bjoóc hon cáy (Celosia cristata) · my ကြက်မောက် (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ca cresta de gall (Celosia cristata) · fa بلوچ (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · de Hahnenkamm (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · nl hanenkam (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · fi kukonharja (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · as জঁ (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · cmn 雞冠花 /鸡冠花 (Celosia cristata) · ms balung (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · my ကြက်မောက်ပန်း (Celosia cristata) · ami 'adiping (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · es cresta (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · vi mào gà (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · fo reykur (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · tl palong (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · cy crib ceiliog (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · bg петльов гребен (Celosia cristata) · he כַּרְבֹּלֶת (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · haw lepe (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · my ကြက်မောက် (Celosia cristata) · tr horoz ibiği (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ru гребешо́к (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · cs hřebínek (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · pl grzebień (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · la crista (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · th ดอกหงอนไก่ (Celosia cristata) · sk hrebienok (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · th หงอนไก่ (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · hy կատար (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · da hanekam (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · id jengger ayam (Celosia cristata) · ota خروس ایبكی (Celosia cristata) · ast menezuela (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · de Hahnenkamm (Celosia cristata) · cy cribell (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · haw lepeamoa (Celosia cristata) · el λειρί (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · yue 雞冠 /鸡冠 (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · fr crête de coq (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ko 맨드라미 (Celosia cristata) · tyz hon cáy (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · pt crista (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · fi narrinhattu (red cap once worn by court jesters) · ca cresta de gall (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ota خروس ایبكی (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ga círín coiligh (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ja 鶏冠 (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ru гре́бень (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · pam palung (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · fi harjaheltta (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ro creastă (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · de Silber-Brandschopf (Celosia cristata) · hu kakastaréj (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ru петуши́ный гре́бень (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · mk кикиришка (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · fi kukonharja (Celosia cristata) · cmn 雞冠 /鸡冠 (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · bg гребен (fleshy red crest of a rooster) · ja 鶏頭 (Celosia cristata) · pt crista-de-galo (Celosia cristata)