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pavonine

[ pav-uh-nahyn, -nin ]

adjective

  1. of or like a peacock.
  2. resembling the feathers of a peacock, as in coloring.


pavonine

/ ˈ±è汹əˌ²Ô²¹Éª²Ô /

adjective

  1. of or resembling a peacock or the colours, design, or iridescence of a peacock's tail
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pavonine1

1650–60; < Latin ±èÄ屹ŲÔÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, derivative of ±èÄ屹Š(stem ±èÄå±¹Ån- ) peacock; -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pavonine1

C17: from Latin ±èÄ屹ŲÔÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, from ±èÄ屹Špeacock
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The snapshots are affectionate and admiring, and the contradictions in them can give you whiplash — until the end Avedon was pavonine and recessive, autocratic and inhibited, everyone’s best friend and utterly inscrutable.

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If that turns you off, it's easy to dismiss Revolution as little more than a narcissism trip – a pavonine linguistic display with a deficit of real substance.

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Scarce one of us domestic birds but imitates the lanky, pavonine strut, and shrill, genteel scream.

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