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‖ pavonazzo, a. and n.|pavoˈnattso|
Also 9 -azza.
[It. pavonazzo, also pavonaccio ‘of the colour of a peacock’ (Florio), ‘of a violet or purple colour’ (Baretti):—L. pāvōnāceum, f. pāvōn-em peacock: see -aceous.]
Peacock-coloured: applied to a kind of red or purplish marble or breccia, often veined with a fine variety of colouring. So ‖ pavonaˈzzetto [It. dim.], a similar stone.
1816J. Dallaway Stat. & Sculp. vi. 346 A Sarcophagus..of pavonazzo marble. 1890Century Dict. s.v. Marble, Pavonazzo and pavonazetto are various red and purplish marbles and breccias... The most beautiful pavonazetto is that called..Phrygian marble. 1891Daily News 27 Jan. 6/1 Pavonazza marble lines the walls of this saloon—a fine dado of rouge jaspe running beneath it. 1901J. M. M. Charleson Eain Macarthon Introd. 3 A golden cross, flanked with white roses and lilies in vases of pavonazzetto. |