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From peacock + -ery; the (male) peacock puts on showy displays of his tailfeathers.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
peacockery
Today it means: Gaudy showiness; ostentation. Full definition →
Today it means: Gaudy showiness; ostentation. Full definition →
From peacock + -ery; the (male) peacock puts on showy displays of his tailfeathers.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.