peacockyadj.adv.
/ˈpiːkɒki/, U.S. /ˈpiˌkɑki/ A. adj.
Resembling or suggesting a peacock, esp. in bearing or display; ostentatious, strutting.
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
1844 Hood's Mag. May 498 Such indescribable cacklings, chucklings, and chirruppings;—to have heard her drilling that impracticable peacocky voice.
1866 J. Ruskin Crown Wild Olive iii. 192 You fancy, perhaps, that there is a severe sense of duty mixed with these peacocky motives?
1898 J. Arch Story of Life ii. 31 These peacocky youngsters would cheek the lads in smock-frocks, whenever they got a chance.
1963 Times 13 June 5/6 Reserve was the novice and lightweight winner, the somewhat peacocky chestnut five-year-old All Alone by Isolation.
1996 Guardian 19 June ii. 11/4 ‘[Boys]..hate what they wear,’ she says. ‘They're much more peacocky than the girls.’
In the manner of a peacock; = peacockwise adv. Obsolete. rare.
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
1860 G. Meredith Evan Harrington xxiv, in Once a Week 9 June 544/1 She's grown since she's been countessed, and does it peacocky.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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