Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

campery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: campery
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ostentatiously effeminate behaviour from a man.

Uncountable

noun

A display of camp (affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But she made no secret of her disappointment at our lack of campery."
"Justin Welby said in an interview with Huw Edwards that “the biggest challenge was that the whole ceremony didn’t look like Gilbert and Sullivan”. It is fair to say that this coronation steered well clear of the campery of comic opera."

Etymology

From camp + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: camp

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does campery mean?: Ostentatiously effeminate behaviour from a man.
Where does campery come from?: From camp + -ery.

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