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pajocke

English

Alternative forms

  • paiock
  • paiocke
  • pajock

Noun

pajocke (plural pajockes)

  1. Alternative spelling of pajock

Usage notes

  • This is a disputed word in Shakespeare's Hamlet III.ii.

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pajock

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?”

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