Definition of coxcomb

"coxcomb" in the noun sense

1. coxcomb, cockscomb

a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments

2. cockscomb, coxcomb

a cap worn by court jesters adorned with a strip of red

3. comb, cockscomb, coxcomb

the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

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Quotations for coxcomb

A coxcomb is the blockhead's man of merit. [ La Bruyere ]

A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity. [ Haliburton ]

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the affectation of the fine gentleman. [ Dr. Johnson ]

Nature has sometimes made a fool; but a coxcomb is always of a man's own making. [ Addison ]

It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb. [ Colton ]

A man of sense and gravity is less apt to succeed with a fine woman than the gay, the giddy, the flattering coxcomb. [ Henry Home ]

All the world says of a coxcomb that he is a coxcomb; but no one dares to say so to his face, and he dies without knowing it. [ Bruyfere ]

None are so seldom found alone, and are so soon tired of their own company, as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves. [ Colton ]

A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of his profession. [ Colton ]

Foppery is never cured; it is the bad stamina of the mind, which, like those of the body, are never rectified; once a coxcomb, always a coxcomb. [ Johnson ]

A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks everything that is said meant at him. [ Chesterfield ]

There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will convert into the pertness of a coxcomb; that, a consciousness, which the most delicate feelings produce, and the most extensive knowledge cannot always remove. [ Mackenzie ]

This is he that kiss'd away his hand in courtesy; This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice. That when he plays at tables, chides the dice in honorable terms; nay, he can sing a mean most meanly; and in ushering, mend him who can; the ladies call him sweet; The stairs, as he treads on them, kiss his feet. [ William Shakespeare ]

coxcomb in Scrabble®

The word coxcomb is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters coxcomb:

COXCOMB
(140 = 90 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

coxcomb

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word coxcomb

COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
(76 = 26 + 50)
COXCOMB
(76 = 26 + 50)
COXCOMB
(76 = 26 + 50)
COXCOMB
(75 = 25 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In coxcomb

COXCOMB
(140 = 90 + 50)
COXCOMB
(138 = 88 + 50)
COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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COXCOMB
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coxcomb in Words With Friends™

The word coxcomb is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 26

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters coxcomb:

COXCOMB
(185 = 150 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

coxcomb

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word coxcomb

COXCOMB
(185 = 150 + 35)
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COXCOMB
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In coxcomb

COXCOMB
(185 = 150 + 35)
COXCOMB
(161 = 126 + 35)
COXCOMB
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Words within the letters of coxcomb

2 letter words in coxcomb (1 word)

3 letter words in coxcomb (6 words)

4 letter words in coxcomb (2 words)

5 letter words in coxcomb (1 word)

7 letter words in coxcomb (1 word)

coxcomb + 1 blank (1 word)

coxcomb + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence coxcomb

Words that start with coxcomb (4 words)

Words with coxcomb in them (1 word)

Words that end with coxcomb (1 word)

Word Growth involving coxcomb

Shorter words in coxcomb

comb

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Longer words containing coxcomb

coxcombic coxcombical

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