peacockly

English

Etymology

From peacock +‎ -ly.

Adjective

peacockly (comparative more peacockly, superlative most peacockly)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of peacockish (“striking; ostentatious”).
    • 1835, The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States
      First came the drum-major, that important and most peacockly personage, regulating the direction and progress of the band by the graceful flourish of the gold-headed "baton."
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