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Word: Peacockish
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Bale (1495–1563), bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian. From peacock + -ish
Definition:
Like or characteristic of a peacock; ostentatious, vain.
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