peacockery

peacockery
Gaudy showiness.

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  • peacockery — pɪːkÉ‘kÉ™rɪ / kÉ’k n. vanity, pompousness; pride, arrogance; ostentation, boasting …   English contemporary dictionary

  • peacockery — pea·cock·ery …   English syllables

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  • pose — Synonyms and related words: act, acting, action, actions, activity, acts, address, advance, affectation, affectedness, air, airs, appearance, arrange, ask, assert, attitude, attitudinarianism, attitudinize, attitudinizing, bearing, beck, beckon,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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