Etymology

coxcomb

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Today it means: The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe. Full definition →

Middle English cokke
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromcokke
  2. English todaycoxcomb

From Middle English cokke’s comb.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishcokke all →

cockle

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