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.
peacocky
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a word derived from
peacock.
Example Sentences
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“They’re both at their most peacocky and glamorous when they fall in love, and they grow together as a couple,” the costume designer adds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
It was fun to put them in the book in their peacocky '70s incarnation where they really were the brightest stars in journalism.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
Jimmy is hungry and hustling; Saul, preening and peacocky; Gene, beaten and bitter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
I disliked their peacocky sheen and illegible surfaces.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2021
He slated this nag as a peacocky brute, Whose utter collapse they've been building their books on.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 4, 1892 by Various
