单词 | pajock |
释义 | pajockn. rare. Chiefly with allusion to Shakespeare: a vain or conceited person; a popinjay.In quot. 1604: of uncertain meaning (see etymology). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > proud person proudOE proud-heartc1400 prouder1565 pajock1604 proudling1612 prideling1825 superbity1903 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 272 Ham. For thou doost know oh Damon deere This Realme dismantled was Of Ioue himselfe, And now raignes heere A very very paiock [1623 Paiocke, 1632 Pajocke, 1676 Paicock]. Hora. You might haue rym'd. 1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 354/1 We think of Beau Brummell rather as a ‘very, very pajock’ than a man of bones and sinews. 1954 C. S. Lewis Horse & his Boy xv. 191 Have we no more gravity among us than to be so chafed by the taunt of a pajock? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604 |
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