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e head itself. We will belabor you a little better, And beat a little more care into your coxcombs. Beau & Fl.

Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited. -- Cox*comb"ic*al*ly, adv. Studded all over in coxcombical fashion with little brass nails. W. Irving.

like a coxcomb. [Obs.] "You coxcombly ass, you!" Beau & Fl.

The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.

See Coxcomb.

A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [Obs.] Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop. Beau. & Fl.

Coxcombical. [R.]

One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. That in civility thou seem'st so empty. Shak.

One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.

The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.

guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.

A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. A young upstart jackanapes. Arbuthnot.

d, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. -- Learn"ed*ly, adv. Learn"ed*ness, n. Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. Swift.

on is abolished in England. -- Petit maître (. Etym: [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a coxcomb; a ladies' man. Goldsmith. -- Petit serjeanty (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc. -- Petit treason, formerly…

A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. "To be so pestered with a popinjay." Shak.

A coxcomb; a pert boy. [Obs.]

eeded from the eye to the object seen. All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze. Pope.

Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face. "A solemn coxcomb." Swift.