coxcomb

Other forms of coxcomb

plural

coxcombs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coxcomb

What does coxcomb mean?

coxcomb means "a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coxcomb?

coxcomb has 2 syllables: cox-comb. The stress falls on "cox".

What is another word for coxcomb?

Close synonyms include cockscomb, cockscomb, comb, cockscomb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coxcomb a common word?

coxcomb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.