pavonineadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpavənʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈpævəˌnaɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pāvōnīnus.

Etymology: < classical Latin pāvōnīnus of a peacock, made from peacock's feathers < pāvōn- , pāvō peacock (see pawn n.²) + -īnus -ine suffix¹. In Compounds, after scientific Latin pavoninus, used as a specific name.

A. adj.

a. Chiefly literary. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a peacock.

ΘΚΠ

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

pavonine1656

pavonian1793

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pavonine, of or belonging to a Peacock or a Peahen.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xx. 75 The lanky, pavonine strut, and shrill genteel scream.

1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. ii. 20 Groups of peacocks and lions..not expressive of very accurate knowledge either of leonine or pavonine forms.

1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello (1961) 12 He began to wonder if he could tolerate the pavonine antics of a personnel director.

1989 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 109 397/2 The koklas pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha), a handsome fowl..whose iridescent green-black head is surmounted by a fine crest... It suggests a pavonine presence.

2010 W. Stace Charles Jessold (2011) 226 Self-described ‘musicologist’ Simons, pavonine and proud of his plumage (though those feathers were easily ruffled).

b. Zoology. Belonging to or relating to the subfamily or former family Pavoninae, including the peafowl and formerly (in some classifications) certain other gallinaceous birds with erectile tail feathers such as the turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1842 J. J. Audubon Birds of Amer. V. 41 (heading) Pavoninæ. Pavonine Birds.

1856 Proc. Essex (Mass.) Inst. 1848–56 1 229 Order—Gallinæ. Family—Pavoninæ. Pavonine Birds.

2003 Zool. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 137 227 Relationships within the remainder of the phasianoid taxa, including..‘pavonine’ galliforms (i.e. peafowl; Pavo, Afropavo, Rheinardia, Argusianus and Polyplectron spp.) remain largely unresolved.

2. Resembling the neck or tail of a peacock in colouring or iridescence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [adjective]

changeablec1450

cangeant1608

volant1616

changeanta1653

changing1659

pavonine1688

versicoloured1721

perlaceous1777

iridescent1794

pavonated1798

chatoyant1816

nacreous1819

shot1824

versicolorate1826

nacrous1836

versicolorous1847

iridine1851

perlarious1858

nacry1859

nacrine1862

playing1871

fire-opalescent1873

irisated1887

holographic1988

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 313/1 Pavonine, Peacock colour, or Peacock like.

1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. at Aracari The breast, and whole lower belly of this bird, are elegantly cloathed with yellow feathers, mingled with pavonine.

1813 J. Forsyth Remarks Excurs. Italy 162 Plain marbles were stained or inlaid:..hence their pavonine beds.

1854 J. D. Whitney Metallic Wealth U.S. vi. 217 Barnhardtite..is of a pale yellow color.., tarnishing with bronze-colored and pavonine tints.

1876 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 5 291 Besides the ‘corallata’ before mentioned, there is a stone with irregular stains of pavonine colour, taking a polish which equals that of the finest Roman conglomerates.

1937 O. Sitwell Mrs. Kimber 6 Southern seas..Their pale sands Paven with pavonine and roseate shells.

1991 R. Condon Final Addiction 211 He was put down on a beach which overlooked a pavonine sea.

2012 A. Huso Black Bottle iv. 37 Sena's pavonine eyes stared back at her.

B. n.

†1. = peacock-tail tarnish n. at peacock's tail n. Compounds. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [noun]

waving1662

chatoyant1798

iridescence1804

pavonine1805

chatoyement1816

reflet1849

nacreness1862

iridization1884

nacreosity1931

1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 5 Peacock tail or pavonine tarnish. This is an assemblage of yellow, green, blue, red, and a good deal of brown, on a yellow ground... Example, copper pyrites.

1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. ii. 40 When more than one color is present, the tarnish is described by referring to some well-known appearance, which it more or less resembles, as the neck of a dove, the tail of a peacock, the rainbow,..&c. hence it is denominated columbine, pavonine, irised, &c.

1825 W. Hamilton Hand-bk. Terms Arts & Sci. Pavonine, in Painting, peacock tail tarnish.

2. Zoology. A bird of the subfamily or former family Pavoninae; a peafowl. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > paro cristatus (peafowl)

peaeOE

peafowlc1790

pavonine1895

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Pavonine.., one of the Pavoninæ.

2001 Biol. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 73 195/2 It is not clear whether the complex ocelli are homologous, though if pavonine birds are a clade,..it would support homology of ocelli among the pavonines.

Compounds

In the names of species of bird resembling peacocks in colour, markings, etc., as pavonine cuckoo, pavonine quetzal, pavonine toucan.

ΚΠ

1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VII. 119 Ramphastos Pavoninus Gmel. Tucana Mexicana Viridis. Briss. The Pavonine Toucan. Lath.

?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. 294 The Pavonine Toucan. This is of the size and shape of a parrot; its plumage is almost entirely green, only sprinkled with some red spots.

1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Birds S. Amer. 164/2 Pavonine quetzal. Pharomachrus pavoninus.

1997 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World IV. 528/2 The brood-parasitic Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus), Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) and American Striped Cuckoo use several species of host, but most typically passerines with covered, domed nests.

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

单词	pavonine
释义	pavonineadj.n. Brit. /ˈpavənʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈpævəˌnaɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pāvōnīnus. Etymology: < classical Latin pāvōnīnus of a peacock, made from peacock's feathers < pāvōn- , pāvō peacock (see pawn n.²) + -īnus -ine suffix¹. In Compounds, after scientific Latin pavoninus, used as a specific name. A. adj. 1. a. Chiefly literary. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a peacock. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [adjective] > of relating to peacock pavonine1656 pavonian1793 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pavonine, of or belonging to a Peacock or a Peahen. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xx. 75 The lanky, pavonine strut, and shrill genteel scream. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. ii. 20 Groups of peacocks and lions..not expressive of very accurate knowledge either of leonine or pavonine forms. 1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello (1961) 12 He began to wonder if he could tolerate the pavonine antics of a personnel director. 1989 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 109 397/2 The koklas pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha), a handsome fowl..whose iridescent green-black head is surmounted by a fine crest... It suggests a pavonine presence. 2010 W. Stace Charles Jessold (2011) 226 Self-described ‘musicologist’ Simons, pavonine and proud of his plumage (though those feathers were easily ruffled). b. Zoology. Belonging to or relating to the subfamily or former family Pavoninae, including the peafowl and formerly (in some classifications) certain other gallinaceous birds with erectile tail feathers such as the turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. Now rare. ΚΠ 1842 J. J. Audubon Birds of Amer. V. 41 (heading) Pavoninæ. Pavonine Birds. 1856 Proc. Essex (Mass.) Inst. 1848–56 1 229 Order—Gallinæ. Family—Pavoninæ. Pavonine Birds. 2003 Zool. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 137 227 Relationships within the remainder of the phasianoid taxa, including..‘pavonine’ galliforms (i.e. peafowl; Pavo, Afropavo, Rheinardia, Argusianus and Polyplectron spp.) remain largely unresolved. 2. Resembling the neck or tail of a peacock in colouring or iridescence. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [adjective] changeablec1450 cangeant1608 volant1616 changeanta1653 changing1659 pavonine1688 versicoloured1721 perlaceous1777 iridescent1794 pavonated1798 chatoyant1816 nacreous1819 shot1824 versicolorate1826 nacrous1836 versicolorous1847 iridine1851 perlarious1858 nacry1859 nacrine1862 playing1871 fire-opalescent1873 irisated1887 holographic1988 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 313/1 Pavonine, Peacock colour, or Peacock like. 1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. at Aracari The breast, and whole lower belly of this bird, are elegantly cloathed with yellow feathers, mingled with pavonine. 1813 J. Forsyth Remarks Excurs. Italy 162 Plain marbles were stained or inlaid:..hence their pavonine beds. 1854 J. D. Whitney Metallic Wealth U.S. vi. 217 Barnhardtite..is of a pale yellow color.., tarnishing with bronze-colored and pavonine tints. 1876 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 5 291 Besides the ‘corallata’ before mentioned, there is a stone with irregular stains of pavonine colour, taking a polish which equals that of the finest Roman conglomerates. 1937 O. Sitwell Mrs. Kimber 6 Southern seas..Their pale sands Paven with pavonine and roseate shells. 1991 R. Condon Final Addiction 211 He was put down on a beach which overlooked a pavonine sea. 2012 A. Huso Black Bottle iv. 37 Sena's pavonine eyes stared back at her. B. n. †1. = peacock-tail tarnish n. at peacock's tail n. Compounds. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [noun] waving1662 chatoyant1798 iridescence1804 pavonine1805 chatoyement1816 reflet1849 nacreness1862 iridization1884 nacreosity1931 1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 5 Peacock tail or pavonine tarnish. This is an assemblage of yellow, green, blue, red, and a good deal of brown, on a yellow ground... Example, copper pyrites. 1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. ii. 40 When more than one color is present, the tarnish is described by referring to some well-known appearance, which it more or less resembles, as the neck of a dove, the tail of a peacock, the rainbow,..&c. hence it is denominated columbine, pavonine, irised, &c. 1825 W. Hamilton Hand-bk. Terms Arts & Sci. Pavonine, in Painting, peacock tail tarnish. 2. Zoology. A bird of the subfamily or former family Pavoninae; a peafowl. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > paro cristatus (peafowl) peaeOE peafowlc1790 pavonine1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Pavonine.., one of the Pavoninæ. 2001 Biol. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 73 195/2 It is not clear whether the complex ocelli are homologous, though if pavonine birds are a clade,..it would support homology of ocelli among the pavonines. Compounds In the names of species of bird resembling peacocks in colour, markings, etc., as pavonine cuckoo, pavonine quetzal, pavonine toucan. ΚΠ 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VII. 119 Ramphastos Pavoninus Gmel. Tucana Mexicana Viridis. Briss. The Pavonine Toucan. Lath. ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. 294 The Pavonine Toucan. This is of the size and shape of a parrot; its plumage is almost entirely green, only sprinkled with some red spots. 1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Birds S. Amer. 164/2 Pavonine quetzal. Pharomachrus pavoninus. 1997 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World IV. 528/2 The brood-parasitic Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus), Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) and American Striped Cuckoo use several species of host, but most typically passerines with covered, domed nests. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1656
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