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单词 cockcomb
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cockcombn.

Brit. /ˈkɒkkəʊm/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌkoʊm/
Forms: late Middle English cokcambe, late Middle English cokcome, late Middle English cokecame, 1500s cockome, 1600s cockcome, 1600s– cockcomb.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.1, comb n.
Etymology: < cock n.1 + comb n. Compare earlier (and more common) coxcomb n.
1. The comb or crest of a (male) domestic chicken; = coxcomb n. 1. Now rare.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > parts of > comb
comba1000
coxcomb?a1425
cockcomb?c1475
rose comb1815
pea comb1854
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > parts of > comb
comba1000
coxcomb?a1425
cockcomb?c1475
strawberry comb1746
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 26v A Cokecame [1483 BL Add. 89074 Cok cambe], galla.
a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 703/25 Hec crista vel quod eminet super galeam et super capita quorundam animalium, the cokcome. Hec galla, idem est.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Niiiv/1 A Cockome, crista.
1674 T. P. et al. Eng. & French Cook 357 Garnish it with your smallest Mushromes, Cock-combs, Kidneys, Pistaches, Lemon and serve it.
1831 G. Don Gen. Hist. Dichlamydeous Plants I. 675/1 Alectryon.., in allusion to the wing of the fruit having a crest like a cock-comb.
1985 R. Brenner Christmas Past ix. 114/2 The roosters are beautiful ornaments with red feathered tails and cockcombs.
2. humorous. The head; = coxcomb n. 5a. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun]
nolleOE
headOE
topa1225
copc1264
scalpa1300
chiefc1330
crownc1330
jowla1400
poll?a1400
testea1400
ball in the hoodc1400
palleta1425
noddle?1507
costard?1515
nab?1536
neck1560
coxcomb1567
sconce1567
now1568
headpiece1579
mazer1581
mazardc1595
cockcomb1602
costrel1604
cranion1611
pasha1616
noddle pate1622
block1635
cranium1647
sallet1652
poundrel1664
nob1699
crany?1730
knowledge box1755
noodle1762
noggin1769
napper1785
garret1796
pimple1811
knowledge-casket1822
coco1828
cobbra1832
coconut1834
top-piece1838
nut1841
barnet1857
twopenny1859
chump1864
topknot1869
conk1870
masthead1884
filbert1886
bonce1889
crumpet1891
dome1891
roof1897
beanc1905
belfry1907
hat rack1907
melon1907
box1908
lemon1923
loaf1925
pound1933
sconec1945
nana1966
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. i. 82 I will knock your vrinalls about your knaues cockcomes.
3. A vain or foolish man; = coxcomb n. 4a, 4b. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy
popa1500
miniona1513
prick-me-daintya1529
puppy?1544
velvet-coat1549
skipjack1554
coxcomb1567
musk cat?1567
physbuttocke1570
Adonis?1571
Adon1590
foretop1597
musk-cod1600
pretty fellow1600
sparkc1600
spangle-baby1602
flash1605
barber-monger1608
cocoloch1610
dapperling1611
fantastica1613
feather-cock1612
trig1612
jack-a-dandy?1617
gimcrack1623
satinist1639
powder puffa1653
fop1676
prig1676
foplinga1681
cockcomb1684
beau garçona1687
shape1688
duke1699
nab1699
smirk1699
beau1700
petty master1706
moppet1707
Tom Astoner1707
dapper1709
petit maître1711
buck1725
toupee1727
toupet1728
toupet-man1748
jemmy1753
jessamy1753
macaroni1764
majoc1770
monkeyrony1773
dandyc1780
elegant1780
muscadin1794
incroyable1797
beauty man1800
bang-up1811
natty1818
ruffian1818
exquisite1819
heavy swell1819
marvellous1819
bit of stuff1828
merveilleux1830
fat1832
squirt1844
dandyling1846
ineffable1859
guinea pig1860
Dundreary swell1862
masher1872
dude1877
mash1879
dudette1883
dand1886
heavy gunner1890
posh1890
nut1904
smoothie1929
fancy-pants1930
saga boy1941
fancy Dan1943
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun]
boinarda1300
daffc1325
goky1377
nicea1393
unwiseman1400
totc1425
alphinc1440
dawc1500
hoddypeak1500
dawpatea1529
hoddypolla1529
noddy1534
kimec1535
coxcomb1542
sheep1542
sheep's head1542
goose1547
dawcock1556
nodgecock1566
peak-goosea1568
hottie tottie?c1570
Tom Towly1582
wittol1588
goose-cap1589
nodgecomb1592
ninny1593
chicken1600
fopdoodle16..
hoddy-noddy1600
hoddy-doddy1601
peagoose1606
fopster1607
nazold1607
nupson1607
wigeon1607
fondrel1613
simpleton1639
pigwidgeon1640
simpletonian1652
Tony1654
nizy1673
Simple Simon?1673
Tom Farthing1674
totty-head1680
cockcomb1684
cod1699
nikin1699
sap-pate1699
simpkin1699
mackninnya1706
gilly-gaupus?1719
noodle1720
sapskull1735
gobbin?1746
Judy1781
zanya1784
spoony1795
sap-head1798
spoon1799
gomerel1814
sap1815
neddy1818
milestone1819
sunket1823
sunketa1825
gawp1825
gawpy1825
gawpus1826
Tomnoddy1826
Sammy1828
tammie norie1828
Tommy1828
gom1834
noodlehead1835
nowmun1854
gum-sucker1855
flat-head1862
peggy1869
noodledum1883
jay1884
toot1888
peanut head1891
simp1903
sappyhead1922
Arkie1927
putz1928
steamer1932
jerk-off1939
drongo1942
galah1945
Charley1946
nong-nong1959
mouth-breather1979
twonk1981
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] > conceited person
coxcomb1567
snipper-snappera1593
conceited1596
feather-cock1612
turkey-cocka1616
cockcomb1684
egotist1715
fop1755
fat1832
swell-head1845
swelled head1862
big-head1863
swollen head1898
Jack Strop1910
trombenik1922
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] > vain person
puppy?1544
self-lover1555
coxcomb1567
feather-cock1612
self-admirer1633
self-idolater1643
cockcomb1684
peachick1693
worship-willer1721
narcissus1767
narcissist1917
1684 Exclamation from Tunbridge & Epsom (single sheet) We have been frequented by the Noble and the Gay, the fine and the fair; the roaring Fopps, and the still, sly, formall Cockcombs; the Swaggerers in Buff, and the Venerable in Satin.
?1730 Canting Dict. in Hist. Lives & Actions Jonathan Wild, Joseph Blake & John Sheppard (ed. 3) 135 Rich Cockcomb, Rum Cully.
4. Any of several plants typically having flowers thought to resemble the comb or crest of a domestic cock in some way; esp. cockscomb, Celosia cristata. Cf. coxcomb n. 2c.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Amaranthaceae (amaranth and allies) > [noun]
larix1548
frog grass1597
cockcomb1687
coxcomb1718
amarantoid1736
alternanthera1866
amarantad1866
iresine1866
rooster comb1959
amarant-
chaff-flower-
the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > cock's-comb
yellow rattleOE
coxcomba1500
penny-grassa1500
cockcomb1687
rattlebox1866
fiddle-cases1878
lousewort1901
1687 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 288 The Butterworts, the Toad-flax or Linaria, Birthworts, Figworts, Foxgloves, Cock-combs or Rattles, Eyebrights Cow-wheats, &c.
1807 Brit. Farmer's Cycl. at August Flowers. African marygolds, amaranths,..cockcombs, columbines,..wall-flowers, zinnias.
1884 Bury & Norwich Post 15 July 7/5 Plants in pots were very numerous, and included some..capital cockcombs from Roydon Hall.
1976 Register (Danvill, Va.) 8 Feb. b4/1 Cockcomb is now available in many sizes of the crested and plumed forms.
2007 E. Johnson Art Floral Arranging iii. 66 He put the sunflowers at a similar height to the cockcombs, at opposite sides of the vase.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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