† peacockizev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To behave like a peacock; esp. to pose or strut ostentatiously.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)]
brandishc1340
ruffle1484
braga1556
swash1556
flourish1563
flaunt1566
prank1567
prink1573
to shake, wag the feather1581
peacockize1598
air1605
display1608
to launch it out1608
flasha1616
to cut it out1619
flare1633
vapour1652
peacock1654
spark1676
to gallantrize it1693
bosh1709
glare1712
to cut a bosh1726
to show away1728
to figure away, off1749
parade1749
to cut a dashc1771
dash1786
to cut up1787
to cut a flash1795
to make, or cut, a splash1804
swank1809
to come out strong1825
to cut a spludge1831
to cut it (too) fat1836
pavonize1838
splurge1844
to do the grand1847
to cut a swath1848
to cut a splurge1860
to fan out1860
spread1860
skyre1871
fluster1876
to strut one's stuff1926
showboat1937
floss1938
style1968
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To go ietting idly or loytring vp and downe peacockising and courting of himselfe.
Derivatives
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A peacockising stroker vp of his owne haire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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