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As if the word fop isn’t fun enough…

1811 Vulgar Tongue

Anciently, a fool. Fools, in great families, wore a cap with bells, on the top of which was a piece of red cloth, in the shape of a cock’s comb. At present, coxcomb signifies a fop, or vain self-conceited fellow.

Merriam-Webster

A conceited foolish person : fop

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