peacocklyadj.
/ˈpiːkɒkli/, U.S. /ˈpiˌkɑkli/ Now rare.
Ostentatious, peacockish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective]
rankOE
peacockly?a1425
ruffling1531
garish1545
peacockish1551
peacock-like1576
ostentatious1590
fastuous?1591
flaring1593
flantitanting1596
ostentive1599
ostentative1601
showful1607
flourishable1614
flourishing1616
flaunting1624
ostentous1624
ostentatory1638
swasha1640
fanfaron1670
paradeful1748
ostensible1782
epideictic1790
fandangous1797
flashy1801
affiché1818
show-off1818
splashing1820
flaunty1825
splash-and-dash1830
pretentious1832
flash1836
splashy1836
pretenceful1841
swanky1842
peacocky1844
fantysheeny1847
splurgy1852
cheesy1858
pretensivea1868
duchessy1870
swagger1879
lavish1882
splurging1884
show-offy1890
razzmatazz1900
show-offish1903
whoop-de-do1904
Ritz1908
split-arse1917
swanking1918
ritzy1919
fantoosh1920
knock-me-down1922
showboating1936
showboat1939
hellzapoppin'1945
zazzy1961
glitzy1966
sploshy1966
zhuzhy1968
noncy1989
bling1999
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 165 Colour blak and Grene and asshy and pocoklych [?c1425 Paris of dyuers coloures; L. pauonicus] is yuel, for it signifieþ corrupcion of humourez.
1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 20 There is..such gawdie going, and such pecockly and new fashions euery day.
1590 Cobler of Caunterburie 19 When Gentlemen leaue of their peacockly sutes.
1995 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 10 Apr. People at agencies..feel like phallocentric athletes and rock stars. They have an old-fashioned, peacockly belief that advertising is glamorous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
peacocklyadv.
/ˈpiːkɒkli/, U.S. /ˈpiˌkɑkli/ rare.
In the manner of a peacock; ostentatiously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adverb]
boggishlya1375
with great renowna1400
jettingly1440
flourishingly?1545
rufflingly1575
flaunt-a-flaunt1576
peacock-like1576
peacockwise1577
peacockly1580
aflaunt1584
vauntingly1593
wealth boastingly1593
prankingly1610
fastuously1654
ostentativelya1658
ostentously1665
ostentatiously1671
showily1755
violently1771
paradingly1792
peacockically1834
peacockishly1834
pretentiously1848
ostensibly1855
slangily1858
peacocky1860
splurgily1887
swankily1924
glitzily1982
1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 20 Why should we that are earth, ashes and dust, pricke vp ourselues so Peacockly?
1917 Indianapolis Sunday Star 28 Oct. 40 The beau monde was happy for a chance to array itself once again most peacockly and frivolously.
1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner viii. 144 His coming hither but yesterday, most peacockly strained to the height of your philosophy and at an undue hour of eleven o'clock in the night..,was with purpose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.?a1425adv.1580