单词 | pavone |
释义 | † pavonen. poetic. Obsolete. rare. A peacock. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > paro cristatus (peafowl) > male or peacock poeOE peacockc1175 pawnc1400 pavone1590 bird of Juno1655 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn8 More sondry colours, then the proud Pauone [rhymes stone, alone] Beares in his boasted fan. a1802 T. Dermody Harp of Erin (1807) i. 4 Its colour heav'nly blue, bedropt with gold, And crimson, gorgeous as the proud pavone. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Pavone, a peacock. (Not used.)] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1590 |
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