Saturday 11 December 2010

Word of the Week #19

Coxcomb (noun)
Someone (usually a man) who is very vain and conceited. Someone pretentious and foolish. E.g. "He's such a coxcomb, I cannot stand him!"

Sources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/coxcomb
http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_gb0187140#m_en_gb0187140
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coxcomb
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coxcomb

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