noun
- Plural of princox; a conceited, impertinent, or presumptuous young man; a coxcomb.
Usage: archaic; literary; chiefly historical
Examples
- The play featured several princoxes who strutted about the stage in ridiculous costumes.
- Shakespeare's works often satirized the princoxes of his era.
- Those princoxes thought themselves far superior to their peers.
- The young princoxes were more concerned with fashion than substance.