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flaggery

Syllables: flag·ge·ryUK/ˈflæɡəɹi/

flaggery noun: the ostentatious display of flags.

Noun

flaggery (uncountable)

  1. The ostentatious display of flags.
    • One writer said "Broadway was hidden in a cloud of flaggery." And the roll of drums, the booming of cannon, gorgeously dressed soldiers parading the streets in every direction, […]1885, John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, page 158
    • The last century amply demonstrated a link between flaggery and bogus patriotism. Are flags something we should put behind us as relics of humanity's childhood?2010, Greg Gould, Lesley Boland, Sean Harverson, Caught in the Breeze: 10 Essays, page 83

Origin of flaggery

flag + -ery

Questions about flaggery

What does flaggery mean?
Flaggery means the ostentatious display of flags.
What part of speech is flaggery?
Flaggery is a noun.
How do you pronounce flaggery?
Flaggery is pronounced /ˈflæɡəɹi/ (UK).

Words near flaggery in the dictionary

  1. flagged away
  2. flagged down
  3. flagged up
  4. flagger
  5. flaggers
  6. flaggery
  7. flaggeth
  8. flaggier
  9. flaggiest
  10. flaggily
  11. flagginess

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