peacockery

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Gaudy showiness; ostentation. uncountable,usually
    — […] he was so deeply struck with the shock of this revelation that he actually forgot himself and his own peacockery.

词形变化

peacockeries plural

词源

From peacock + -ery; the (male) peacock puts on showy displays of his tailfeathers.
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