coxcomb (plural coxcombs)

1. (historical) The cap#Noun|cap of a court#Noun|court jester, adorned with a red stripe#Noun|stripe.
2. The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
3. (by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.

   Synonyms: fool, popinjay

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume III, London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗, book VII, page 112 ↗:

     [F]or tho' I am afraid the Doctor was a little of a Coxcomb, he might be nevertheleſs very much of a Surgeon.

   • 2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like:

     And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"

• Russian: шутовско́й колпа́к

• Russian: петуший гребешок (petúšij grebešók)m, гре́бень
• Spanish: cresta

• Russian: самодовольный хлыщ (samodovólʼnyj xlyšč)m, фат
• Spanish: lechuguino