pavonianadj.

Brit.

/pəˈvəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/pəˈvoʊniən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pāvōn- , pāvō , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pāvōn-, pāvō peacock (see pawn n.²) + -ian suffix. Compare earlier pavonine adj.

Chiefly literary.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a peacock; resembling (that of) a peacock; pavonine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [adjective] > of relating to peacock

pavonine1656

pavonian1793

1793 T. Young in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 179 [Newton] has described this phantom as of pavonian colours.

1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 506 O'er her head attendants..Pavonian canopy of azure held.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 97 The pavonian shriek of the Justice's voice.

1967 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (rev. ed.) iii. 75 He and his brothers had stopped short in helpless excitement at the sight of the coveted insect poised on a log.., its four cherry-red wings with a pavonian eyespot on each.

1975 W. H. Gass in N.Y. Times (1984) 19 Jan. c12/3 For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans..; there are the pavonian or peacock blues, [etc.].

2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 10 Nov. 68 The young man styled himself..Kenneth Peacock Tynan, until he was 17, when..he dropped the pavonian part of his name.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pavonian
释义	pavonianadj. Brit. /pəˈvəʊnɪən/, U.S. /pəˈvoʊniən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pāvōn- , pāvō , -ian suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pāvōn-, pāvō peacock (see pawn n.²) + -ian suffix. Compare earlier pavonine adj. Chiefly literary. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a peacock; resembling (that of) a peacock; pavonine. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [adjective] > of relating to peacock pavonine1656 pavonian1793 1793 T. Young in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 179 [Newton] has described this phantom as of pavonian colours. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 506 O'er her head attendants..Pavonian canopy of azure held. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 97 The pavonian shriek of the Justice's voice. 1967 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (rev. ed.) iii. 75 He and his brothers had stopped short in helpless excitement at the sight of the coveted insect poised on a log.., its four cherry-red wings with a pavonian eyespot on each. 1975 W. H. Gass in N.Y. Times (1984) 19 Jan. c12/3 For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans..; there are the pavonian or peacock blues, [etc.]. 2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 10 Nov. 68 The young man styled himself..Kenneth Peacock Tynan, until he was 17, when..he dropped the pavonian part of his name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1793
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