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Peacockian

Peacockian adjective: of or pertaining to Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866), English satirist and author, or his works, specifically a set of novels whose characters are placed in social contexts, especially the dining table, to discuss and criticise the philosophical opinions of the day.

Adjective

Peacockian (comparative more Peacockian, superlative most Peacockian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866), English satirist and author, or his works, specifically a set of novels whose characters are placed in social contexts, especially the dining table, to discuss and criticise the philosophical opinions of the day.

Forms of Peacockian

comparativemore Peacockian
superlativemost Peacockian

Origin of Peacockian

From Peacock + -ian.

Questions about Peacockian

What does Peacockian mean?
Peacockian means of or pertaining to Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866), English satirist and author, or his works, specifically a set of novels whose characters are placed in social contexts, especially the dining table, to discuss and criticise the philosophical opinions of the day.
What part of speech is Peacockian?
Peacockian is an adjective.

Words near Peacockian in the dictionary

  1. peacock-pheasant
  2. peacock-pheasants
  3. peacocked
  4. peacockeries
  5. peacockery
  6. Peacockian
  7. peacockiest
  8. peacocking
  9. peacockish
  10. peacockishly
  11. peacockishness

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