different between pajock vs peacock

English

Alternative forms

• paiock
• paiocke
• pajocke

Noun

pajock (plural pajocks)

1. (archaic) A peacock, a male peafowl, noted for its large and extravagantly coloured tail.
2. (obsolete, derogatory) A person. (The precise implications of this term are unclear, but it may suggest vanity.)

Quotations

• c. 1600-1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 3, scene 2:

  For thou dost know, O Damon dear,

  This realm dismantled was

  Of Jove himself, and now reigns here

  A very very — pajock

• 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy ?ISBN, Chapter 15:

  “Peace! Your Majesties! My Lords!” said King Lune. “Have we no more gravity among us than to be so chafed by the taunt of a pajock?”

English

Etymology

From Middle English pecok, pekok, pocok, pacok, equivalent to pea (“peafowl; peacock”) +? cock. Compare Old Norse páfugl (“peacock”, literally “pea-fowl”), and English peahen, peachick, etc.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pik?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pi?k?k/

Noun

peacock (plural peacocks)

1. A male peafowl, especially Pavo cristatus, notable for its brilliant iridescently ocellated tail.
2. A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female.
3. A vainglorious person [from the 14th c.].
4. (entomology) Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.

Synonyms

• peafowl (ornithology)

Hyponyms

• peachick (“young peafowl”)
• peacock (“male peafowl”)
• peahen (“female peafowl”)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Hawaiian: p?kake
  • ? English: pikake

Translations

Verb

peacock (third-person singular simple present peacocks, present participle peacocking, simple past and past participle peacocked)

1. (intransitive) To strut about proudly.
2. (intransitive) To engage in peacocking, ostentatious dress or behaviour to impress women.

See also

• pajock