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coxcombn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.1, comb n. Etymology: < the genitive of cock n.1 + comb n. Compare later cockcomb n.The β. forms show a respelling of the first element of the α. forms, perhaps partly reflecting dissociation of this word from cock n.1 (such forms are relatively rare in sense 1). the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > parts of > comb the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > parts of > comb ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 135 White gees..han a gret crest as a cokkes comb vpon hire hedes [Fr. vne grosse boce sur la teste]. (Harl. 221) 86 Cokkys combe, cirrus. a1549 A. Borde (1870) xxiv. 185 A cap of sylke, the whych stondeth vp lyke a podynge or a cokes come. 1600 J. Lane 24 When Englishmen with plumes adorne their head, As with a Cocks-combe or a Peacocks crest. 1663 H. Marsh vi. 99 He saw a Cock so great, that standing upon the Moon, his Coxcomb reacht into the imperial Heaven. 1705 R. Beverley iii. i. 6 The cut of their Hair is likewise peculiar to their Function; for 'tis all shaven close except a thin Crest, like a Cocks-comb. 1794 R. Kirwan (ed. 2) I. 244 Sometimes also in the form of a cockscomb and hence called cristated. 1889 J. Whitehead iv. 420/1 Richelieu garnish, quenelles of chicken, cockscombs and slices of fat livers in brown onion sauce. 1919 June 7/1 Now that the selling of pickled cockscomb is not nearly so large as in former years, there is no incentive whatever for the breeding of fowls with extra large combs. 1962 3 Mar. 612/1 His colour on admission was described as similar to that of a cockscomb, so vivid were his face and extremities. 2003 14 160 The red cock..stood there, very alert, turning its head this way and that in its jerky rhythm, its cockscomb quivering, its wattle swaying. 2. Any of various plants, esp. those having flowers, leaves, etc., thought to resemble the comb or crest of a cock. the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > cock's-comb α. a1500 in T. Hunt (1989) 124 Colkis-camb. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 275 Cocks-comb, hath leaues for all the world resembling the crest or comb of a cock. 1728 R. Bradley Cocks-Comb, or Yellow Rattle, is Pedicularis, or Crista Galli, which see. 1861 A. Pratt IV. 109 Yellow Rattle..The crested bracts procured for it the botanic and common appellation of Cock's-comb. 2012 No. 80. 2/3 Included in that mixture was the annual Rhinanthus minor or yellow rattle or cockscomb. 1706 G. London & H. Wise II. xxi. 781 The Description of Sainfoin... They are leguminous Flowers,..each supported by a hairy Cup, from the Middle of which rises a Style, which in time becomes a Cod, crested like a Cock's-Comb.] 1714 J. Petiver in (Royal Soc.) 28 211 Oriental Cocks-Comb,..Onobrychis Orient. cristata. 1888 22 430 Onobrychis cristagalli... The hedgehog or cockscomb sanfoin. 1982 M. Evenari et al. (ed. 2) xii. 189 Cockscomb (Onobrychis squarrosa). the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Amaranthaceae (amaranth and allies) > [noun] 1711 tr. H. van Oosten (ed. 2) ii. cvi. 118 The Amaranth is a beautiful Plant... The Ears of some hang down, others stand upright, some like Cocks-combs, &c.] 1718 R. Bradley 80 Pot some of your Amaranthus Tricolor and Cockscombs; give them a fresh Bed to draw them tall. 1785 T. Martyn in tr. J.-J. Rousseau xvi. 218 The Crested Amaranth..is commonly called Cock's comb, from the form in which the head of flowers grows. 1818 A. Eaton (ed. 2) 132 [Amaranthus] albus (white coxcomb)... [Amaranthus] tricolor (three-coloured coxcomb). 1882 15 Apr. 262/1 Balsams..and the old-fashioned Cockscomb. 1914 F. E. Fritsch & E. J. Salisbury xv. 202 A similar process leads to the production of the Coxcomb and the Cauliflower, both of which are monstrosities. 1948 14 320 The common cockscomb, Celosia cristata, and its numerous plumose forms, is one of the world's most common garden flowers. 2017 15 Sept. c1/1 This month what catches the eye immediately is the front corner planting of coxcomb or celosia. 1739 P. Miller II Pedicularis, Rattle, Cocks-comb or Lousewort. There are four different Kinds of this Plant. 1756 J. Hill 119 Coxcomb, Pedicularis. The flower consists of a single petal, and approaches to the labiated kind. 1835 D. Booth 218 Two perennial species of Pedicularis, Lousewort (the palustris Marsh Lousewort, or Marsh Red Rattle, and the sylvatica, Common Red Rattle) have also been called Cockscombs. 1932 R. Fisher i. 144 Marsh red rattle (Pedicularis palustris), Cock's Comb,..Upright Marsh (or Marsh Lousewort). the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > coral-tree 1784 tr. C. Linnaeus (1785) II. xvii. 528 [Erythrina] crista Galli... Cock's comb. 1881 18 Aug. 534/2 A very old stump of the cockscomb coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli), as an isolated specimen on the lawn, was in flower. 1976 J. E. Rahn iii. 46 Flowers of the cockscomb coral tree hang upside down, and the keel..is the uppermost part of the flower. 2012 (Nexis) 11 Nov. 19 Another beauty is the cockscomb coral.., which has rather a sprawling habit but deserves to be planted more. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. Cock's-comb, adder's tongue, Ophioglossum vulgatum, Linn., Roxb. 1876 12 39/1 The various scarlet poppies are ‘cocks'-kames’ (combs). society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester's cap α. a1529 J. Skelton (?1545) sig. D.v Ye may weare a cockes come Your fonde hed in your furred hode. 1590 E. Webbe (new ed.) sig. C4v With a fooles coate on my backe halfe blew, halfe yeallowe, and a cockes-combe with three belles on my head. 1602 J. Marston iv. i. sig. Gv (Enter Antonio in a fooles habit)..This cockscombe is a crowne Which I affect. 1819 W. Scott II. xii. 210 Let my cockscomb hang in the hall at Rotherwood, in memory that I flung away my life for my master, like a faithful—fool. 1988 (Nexis) 22 July 10 Much of the play's weight and momentum is provided by..Geoffrey Rush's Fool, complete with large red cockscomb. 4. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun] α. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus i. f. 106 (margin) Beetes is an herbe..of whose excedyng weryshenesse and vnsauerynesse, euen of olde antiquitee dawecockes, lowtes, cockescombes & blockehedded fooles, wer in a prouerbiall speakyng, saied: betizare, to bee as weerishe and as vnsauerie as beetes. 1613 H. Parrot sig. Q2v Are you a cockscombe? or thinke me a foole? 1663 R. Head ii. ii. 25 Thou shudst be my contriving Cocks-comb, or my Fool, but that I fear thou hast not wit enough. the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] > conceited person the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] > vain person α. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace sig. Fijv He would weare a suite of silke, the winter should him kil: Well geue him cloth, and let the foole Goe like a Cockescome still. 1733 30 Aug. Henceforth no fop, beau, cockscomb, chicks-comb..or other person whatsoever, shall carry any such long stick. 1875 Aug. 516/2 There's the young cockscomb of a certificated master; he knows everything. 1996 (Nexis) 15 Jan. a16 This is what sets the dandy apart from the merely overdressed fop or cockscomb. the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > female a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. ii. 55 in P. Massinger (1655) Cuculo. You try'd my wife, alas you thought she was foolish..you have not found it. Pedro. I have found a pair of Coxcombs. 1752 H. Fielding III. vii. iv. 39 [Mrs. Bennet speaking] Latin..said [my aunt] had made me a downright Coxcomb. 1791 vii. 48 Betsy, a little coxcomb, was putting her hair in papers for the night. 5. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] α. 1567 J. Pikering sig. A.iiij Paye me for my zwine, Or eles larne to kepe, that cockescome of thyne. 1650 N. Ward 45 She hath a shrewd Cocks-combe in such businesses. 1654 E. Gayton ii. vi. 61 To shave his Beard or powder his Cockscombe. 1719 ‘J. Gay’ 25 Then did a base ill-natur'd Clown Crack my Cocks-comb with Basting Spoon. 1991 L. Tourney xxi. 249 His pistol..will belch forth a ball that will put a hole in your cockscomb the size of my thumb. the world > life > the body > hair > [noun] > tuft or ridge of the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ II. xlviii. 140 [He] had erected a very tasteful and sharp coxcomb on his head, out of hair usually reposing sleek and quiet in the most saint-like decorum. 1867 20 May 10/6 His hair done up into a wonderful cockscomb. 1954 2 Jan. 7/3 Most mothers do brush even baby's first hairs into a quiff or coxcomb of some kind. 1994 (Nexis) 8 May 1 c She has her damp hair styled into a cockscomb. 2012 (Nexis) 22 Oct. 44 A thin man in his twenties, with a coxcomb of spiky hair. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > other types of 1693 No. 2862/4 A Point Nightrail 3 quarter deep, middle-siz'd flowers and Coxcomb Loops. 1733 G. Jacob viii. 30 A Hat two Inches in the Brim, and an Inch and half of it fill'd with Cock's-Comb-Lace. 1760 C. Johnstone xi To trim his light grey frock with a silver edging of coxcomb. 1820 Feb. 78 The dress was composed of camlet of various colours, trimmed with a narrow silver edging, called at that time coxcomb. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > of specific form 1763 R. Brookes III. xxxviii. 318 The cocks comb oyster..is furnished with three or more very prominent sharp ridges, divided by very deep angular furrows, which..form a toothed-edge like that of a Cock's-comb. 1776 E. M. da Costa xii. 250 The species of this family [sc. Ostreum or Oyster] are very numerous; some are curious though not beautiful,..as..the Cockscombs, &c. 1817 P. Hawker 47 A fine mass of coxcomb oysters, very perfect, in sand-stone. 1854 S. P. Woodward ii. 254 In the ‘cock's-comb’ oysters both valves are plaited. 1974 64 12/1 The name Lopha cristagalli..is used for the cockscomb oysters which I collected in the South Pacific Islands of Palau, Truk and Fiji. 2013 (Nexis) 10 Mar. The zigzag shaped ‘mouth’ of the oysters reminded her of some cockscomb oysters she'd seen before. Compounds C1. Compounds in which the first element is predominantly in the form coxcomb. 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. f. 31 They count hym now a coxcombe foole, A noddie, nothyng wise. 1650 N. Ward 49 Let the Cocks-comb World wag which way it will, 'Twas e're a Bedlam thing, and will be still. 1681 T. Otway iii. i. 27 One would imagine you were gone a Coxcomb-hunting by this time. 1763 (new ed.) Prol. i. 18 She was coxcomb proof. 1839 H. Hallam III. vi. 592 The easy dupes of coxcomb manners from the court. 1907 24 Dec. Irritated by the coxcomb airs of a witness.., the manager..resolved to ‘take him down’. 2014 21 Nov. r5 Strong character actors—Robert Duvall as the irascible dad,..Billy Bob Thornton as a coxcomb rival lawyer. b. the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > parrot 1734 A. Pope 1 The coxcomb Bird, so talkative and grave. C2. Compounds in which the first element is predominantly in the form cockscomb. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > ash and allies > [noun] 1850 Jan. 18 The Cockscomb Ash.—With a young plant of this singular monstrosity, we received a comb, cut from a tree of a few year's growth. 1892 7 May 432/2 The Cockscomb Ash (F. excelsior cristata) has often a large proportion of the shoots curiously fasciated, especially at the points, where they spread out in a Cockscomb-like manner. 1633 T. Johnson (new ed.) i. 29 The Gramen Cristatum, or Cocks-combe grasse... The eare is small, longish, of a pale greene colour, somewhat bending, so that in some sort it resembles the combe of a Cocke. 1785 R. Relhan 39 Crested Dogs-tail-grass. Cocks-comb-grass. 1863 R. C. A. Prior 51 Cockscomb-grass, from the shape of the panicle, Cynosurus echinatus. 1899 C. MacMillan i. 11 There one finds the knot-grasses, rag-weeds, thistles, cockscomb-grasses and other imported species. 1847 E. Kennedy in 3 73 The form of ulcer next to be considered is an aggravated granular condition, which we shall the Cock's Comb Granulation, from its resemblance to this structure. 1899 8 263 A mass of ‘cockscomb’ granulations was now discovered in the upper cul-de-sac. 1930 23 840 Now the lower fornix is filled with large cockscomb granulations with a patch showing some necrosis. 1961 C. F. Fluhmann xiv. 193 They also recognized various types [of cervical erosions] such as the ‘aphthous’, ‘erythematous’, ‘herpetic’, ‘cockscomb granulation’, [etc.]. 1857 12 Dec. 1556/1 His [sc. the painter Meissonier] red heels, yellow doublets, cockscomb morions, and pungent rapiers, are always a delight. 1821 R. Jameson 274 Cockscomb-Pyrites. 1842 (ed. 44) 161 Radiated pyrites, a substance very subject to decomposition, and to which belong most of the varieties of what is commonly called lenticular or coxcomb-pyrites. 1978 J. Bevan et al. in J. Woolley 122/1 Marcasite... Often repeatedly twinned on {101} giving stepped or fan-like crystals (cockscomb pyrites). Derivatives 1845 58 243 In the potent prime of coxcombhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.?a1425 |
