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peacockish

peacockish adjective: characteristic of a peacock; striking; ostentatious.

Adjective

peacockish (comparative more peacockish, superlative most peacockish)

  1. Characteristic of a peacock; striking; ostentatious.
    Synonyms:
    peacocky, peacockly

Synonyms of peacockish

Forms of peacockish

comparativemore peacockish
superlativemost peacockish

Origin of peacockish

From peacock + -ish.

Words formed from peacockish

Questions about peacockish

What does peacockish mean?
Peacockish means characteristic of a peacock; striking; ostentatious.
What part of speech is peacockish?
Peacockish is an adjective.

Words near peacockish in the dictionary

  1. peacockeries
  2. peacockery
  3. Peacockian
  4. peacockiest
  5. peacocking
  6. peacockish
  7. peacockishly
  8. peacockishness
  9. peacockism
  10. peacocklike
  11. peacockly

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