Coxcomb /(k?ks"k?m`)/

Cox·comb

Coxcomb

n.
  1. A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.
  2. The top of the head, or the head itself
    We will belabor you a little better, And beat a little more care into your coxcombs.
    — Beau & Fl.
  3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop.
    Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy Of powdered coxcombs at her levee.
    Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools.
  4. A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb. (Bot.)