/?kɑ?ks.ko?m/a man who is tooproudof hisappearance对自己的外表过度自豪的男性(Definition ofcoxcombfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)Examples from literature
Coxcomb as I was, there was no doubt in my mind that I could win Olivia.
He was a simpering coxcomb of the first water, and the "loudest" dressed man in the state.
It has been seen that I never was a coxcomb, not even in my youth.
No man, unless he be a downright coxcomb, will ever admit to one woman that another woman has loved him.
You are right, my dear Bell, and I am a prating coxcomb.
Examplesofcoxcomb
coxcombLonsdale soon finds how well-born officers tyrannize non-commissioned officers and soldiers alike; meanwhile, the officers are depicted as coxcombs, rakes, gamblers, and so forth.From theCambridge English CorpusThe galena forms mats of octahedral crystals, the sphalerite is dense and anhedral and the marcasite powdery or displays itscoxcombhabit.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One unsympathetic courtier calls him a vaingloriouscoxcombthough not to his face.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of the very many similar alternative terms are:coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning parrot), fashion-monger, and ninny.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/coxcomb##
