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pavonine
[ pav-uh-nahyn, -nin ]
adjective
- of or like a peacock.
- resembling the feathers of a peacock, as in coloring.
pavonine
/ ˈ±è汹əˌ²Ô²¹Éª²Ô /
adjective
- of or resembling a peacock or the colours, design, or iridescence of a peacock's tail
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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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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