noun
- A vain, conceited, or impudent young man; a coxcomb or fop.
Usage: archaic; chiefly British; often used as a term of contempt or mockery
Examples
- That princox struts about town as if he owns the streets.
- The young princox spent more time on his appearance than on his studies.
- What a princox he is, always boasting of his conquests!
- The play mocks the princox character who cares only for fashion and flattery.
- No sensible woman would marry such a vain princox.