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Peacockian, a. and n.|piːˈkɒkɪən|
[f. the name of Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), English novelist and poet + -ian.]
A. adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of Thomas Love Peacock or his works.
1886Macm. Mag. Apr. 424/2 It is not necessary..to be a believer in education, or in telegraphs, or in majorities, in order to feel the repulsion which some people evidently feel for the Peacockian treatment. 1904A. B. Young Life & Novels T. L. Peacock 31 The squire's chief interest in the novel..seems to be mainly ‘pushing’ the bottle round, while that of Dr. Gaster, the first of many clergy⁓men who figure in the Peacockian novels, is that of emptying it. 1927J. B. Priestley T. L. Peacock vi. 160 His manner and talk are all his own and have the Peacockian sparkle and salty tang. 1930Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Mar. 210/2 The Peacockian Mr. Dottery easily wins our affections. 1954R. Macaulay Last Lett. to Friend (1962) 145 It is a kind of Peacockian set of imaginary discussions between a group of people. 1963Listener 21 Mar. 531/1 The visitors are all rather Peacockian. 1972Guardian 20 Jan. 11/4 The Open House by Michael Innes... Sir John Appleby..intrudes on Peacockian mansion, and, overnight, identifies killer and unravels inheritance tangle. 1978P. Van Greenaway Man called Scavener iii. 34 A Peacockian world where conversation grows more polished than the superb sideboard.
B. n. An admirer or devotee of Peacock and his writings.
1886Macm. Mag. Apr. 420/2 One piece of verse..the ‘War-song of Dinas Vawr’..has had some vogue, but the rest is only known to Peacockians. 1911C. Van Doren Life T. L. Peacock xi. 277 Peacockians are wont to plume themselves upon a taste denied to the vulgar. 1973Times 22 Mar. 12/3 An actor and Peacockian of some wit and taste. |