peacock
noun
the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
peacockery
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a word derived from
peacock.
Example Sentences
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Gone was his earlier art-school peacockery, and in its stead came a mood more suited for white tuxedos, silk pocket squares, fat roses and videos that had him taking sullen rides in limousines.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2020
You mistook him for no one else: the late, popular style was a faded fan, but it was still recognizably Bloom’s old peacockery.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 16, 2019
Mr. Mulderig saw fit to gather and annotate them because they are very good — a curious mix of frivolity and erudition, peacockery and restraint.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2015
And yet here's another story of a long-in-the-tooth, quintessentially British institution celebrated for its pouting peacockery, riding a feelgood wave of success: as a freezing Britain enters its fifth winter of economic doom and gloom, Panto is booming.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2012
Mesa County Sheriff Stan Hilkey said Chapman engaged in "profit-driven peacockery" and disregarded public safety when he delivered the injured, pepper-sprayed 29-year-old fugitive to the county jail on Wednesday while TV cameras rolled.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2011
