"campery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From camp + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|camp|ery}} camp + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} campery (uncountable)
  1. Ostentatiously effeminate behaviour from a man. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-campery-en-noun-VD-abbd3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. A display of camp (affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style). Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-campery-en-noun-w3k7OrpZ
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          "ref": "2023 May 7, Michael Billington, “The Coronation review – immaculately rehearsed, touching and Shakespearean”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "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.",
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