[みえぼう, miebou] (adj-na, n) fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Coxcomb \Cox"comb`\ (k?ks"k?m`), n. [A corrupted spelling of
cock's comb.]
1.
(a) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock,
which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.
(b) The cap itself.
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2. The top of the head, or the head itself.
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We will belabor you a little better,
And beat a little more care into your coxcombs.
--Beau & Fl.
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3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of
display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or
accomplishments; a fop.
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Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy
Of powdered coxcombs at her levee. --Goldsmith.
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Some are bewildered in the maze of schools,
And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools.
--Pope.
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4. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of different genera,
but particularly to {Celosia cristata}, or garden
cockscomb. Same as {Cockscomb}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coxcomb
n 1: a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own
accomplishments [syn: {coxcomb}, {cockscomb}]
2: a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
[syn: {cockscomb}, {coxcomb}]
3: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and
other gallinaceous birds [syn: {comb}, {cockscomb},
{coxcomb}]
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