cockscomb

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A fleshy red crest of a rooster
2. A red cap once worn by court jesters
3. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)
4. An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers
5. (archaic) A conceited dandy
6. A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed

Konzepte

Hahnenkamm

Synonyme

coxcomb

crest

Celosia cristata

common cockscomb

comb

red fox

amaranth

Celosia argentea cristata

swank

whippersnapper

dunce cap

dunce’s cap

kohleria

name of flower

feathered amaranth

morosoph

motley fool

silver cock’s comb

cockscomb pyrite

bighead

buffoon

fool

fool’s cap

gull

prig

relish

Übersetzungen

crête

crête de coq

crista

cresta

Celosia argentea

λειρί

hanenkam

λειρίο αλέκτορος

λειρί πετεινού

عُرْف الدِّيك

vantard

prétentieux

célasie à crête

présomptueux

αβδηρίτης

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: cokkes comb

In summary

From Middle English cokkes comb; equivalent to cock + -s- + comb.