Where does “show-offery” come from?

show-offery (English) comes from English ery.

show-offery (English): A tendency to show off; exhibitionism

Definitions

  1. A tendency to show off; exhibitionism

Ancestry of “show-offery”, step by step

show-offery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ery

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishery

via English show off

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishshow offTo exhibit the best attributes of something
Every word from English ery
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