Monday Word: Pavonine

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pavonine

[ˈpavəˌnīn]

adjective:
of or like a peacock

examples:
The bas-reliefs on this low screen are groups of peacocks and lions, two face to face on each panel, rich and fantastic beyond description, though not expressive of very accurate knowledge either of leonine or pavonine forms.

Stones of Venice. John Ruskin 1859

These things with tales of sombre clouds and shining skies and whisperings of strange creatures dancing timidly in pavonine twilights, he traced upon the ivory keys of his instrument and the world was richer for a poet.

Chopin the Man and his Music. John Huneker 1890.

origin
mid 17th century: from Latin pavoninus, from pavo, pavon- ‘peacock’.