coxcombical

adjective

cox·​comb·​i·​cal (ˈ)käks-¦kō-mi-kəl 

-¦kä-

variants or less commonly coxcombic

(ˈ)käks-¦kō-mik, 

-¦kä-

: marked by a coxcomb's characteristics : foppish, vain, dandyish

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