Peacockly

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of peacockish (“striking; ostentatious”). archaic

    "1835, The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States First came the drum-major, that important and most peacockly personage, regulating the direction and progress of the band by the graceful flourish of the gold-headed "baton.""

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peacockish

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"1835, The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States First came the drum-major, that important and most peacockly personage, regulating the direction and progress of the band by the graceful flourish of the gold-headed "baton.""

Etymology

From peacock + -ly.

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