Peacockery
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Gaudy showiness; ostentation. uncountable, usually
"[…] he was so deeply struck with the shock of this revelation that he actually forgot himself and his own peacockery."
Example
More examples"[…] he was so deeply struck with the shock of this revelation that he actually forgot himself and his own peacockery."
Etymology
From peacock + -ery; the (male) peacock puts on showy displays of his tailfeathers.
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