Definition of Coxcombical. Meaning of Coxcombical. Synonyms of Coxcombical

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Definition of Coxcombical

Coxcombical
Coxcombical Cox*comb"ic*al (k?ks-k?m"?-kal), a. Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited. -- Cox*comb"ic*al*ly, adv. Studded all over in coxcombical fashion with little brass nails. --W. Irving.

Meaning of Coxcombical from wikipedia

- Look up coxcomb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Coxcomb may refer to: Coxcomb (ornithology), a fleshy growth on the top of the head of many gallinaceous...
- The Camp Coxcomb was a sub camp of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center...
- Celosia (/siːˈloʊʃiə/ see-LOH-shee-ə) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Its species are commonly...
- The coxcomb prominent (Ptilodon capucina) is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is a common species throughout the Palearctic realm from Ireland to...
- meteorologists. Nightingale published her rose diagram in 1858. Although the name "coxcomb" has come to be ****ociated with this type of diagram, Nightingale originally...
- The Coxcomb is an early Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. It was initially published in the first Beaumont...
- craft of decorative knot tying generally combines both form and function. Coxcombing is decorative knotwork performed by sailors during the Age of Sail to...
- the skin, is extracted from ****scomb. ****scomb ****'s comb ****'s-comb coxcomb Brown rooster Silkie rooster with purple comb and wattle Crest (feathers)...
- William Pitt Lennox, even described someone's public manner as "too coxcombical": Venetia Murray (1998) A Social History of the Regency 1788–1830. OED...
- knot, used as a trick knot due to the speed with which it can be made. Coxcombing is a decorative knotwork performed by sailors during the Age of Sail....