Campery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Campery is a noun meaning Ostentatiously effeminate behaviour from a man.
Meaning
Ostentatiously effeminate behaviour from a man.
More Meanings
- A display of camp (affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style).
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.
Related Words
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