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coxcomb
English
Etymology
From Middle English cokke’s comb.
Noun
coxcomb (plural coxcombs)
- (historical) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
- The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
- (by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
- Synonyms: fool, popinjay
- 2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like:
- And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"
Alternative forms
- (pate of a rooster): cockscomb
Derived terms
- coxcombical
- coxcombically
Translations
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financier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French financier.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f(a)??næns??/
- (US) IPA(key): /f(a)?næn?s???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
financier (plural financiers)
- A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
- A company that does the same.
- One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
- A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.
- A traditional French (Ragoût a la Financière) or Piemontese (Finanziera alla piemontese) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.
Translations
Verb
financier (third-person singular simple present financiers, present participle financiering, simple past and past participle financiered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To carry out financial transactions; to finance something.
Danish
Alternative forms
- finansier
Etymology
From French financier.
Noun
financier c (singular definite financieren, plural indefinite financiere)
- (finance) financier
- Hyponyms: (male) finansmand, (female) finanskvinde
Declension
Derived terms
- finansiere
References
- “financier” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fi?nan?cier
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French financier.
Noun
financier m (plural financiers, diminutive financiertje n)
- (finance) financier, sponsor
- Synonyms: financierder, sponsor
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
financier
- first-person singular present indicative of financieren
- imperative of financieren
French
Etymology
From finance +? -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.n??.sje/
- Homophone: financiers
Adjective
financier (feminine singular financière, masculine plural financiers, feminine plural financières)
- financial (of, or relating to, the world of money)
Noun
financier m (plural financiers, feminine financière)
- financier (person)
- financier (cake)
- banker
Further reading
- “financier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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