Decorated with or resembling a cockscomb; having the shape or appearance of a rooster's comb.
Past participle of cockscomb used as an adjective. Combines 'cockscomb' with the adjective-forming suffix '-ed' to describe something bearing the characteristics of a rooster's comb.
Medieval and Renaissance jesters wore these bizarre cockscombed caps with dangling bells, making them look like they had a rooster's comb on their heads—a visual joke that signaled 'I'm the fool here, and that's my job!'
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