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name
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A township in Lake County, Michigan, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An unincorporated community in Stonewall County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A male peafowl, especially Pavo cristatus, notable for its brilliant iridescently ocellated tail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
The meat of this bird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
A pompous or vainglorious person [from the 14th c.].
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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Synonyms: turkeycock
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noun
Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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verb
To strut about proudly or haughtily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To engage in peacocking, ostentatious dress or behaviour to impress women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: peafowl, bird of Juno
noun
European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: peacock butterfly, Inachis io
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Broader terms: nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
History
From peacock, a nickname for a vain and conceited person.
Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs)bor.? Latin pāvōbor. Proto-Germanic *pāwô Proto-West Germanic *pāwō Old English pāwa Middle English pe Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-West Germanic *kokk Old English cocc Middle English cok Middle English pecok English peacock From Middle English pecok, pekok, pocok, pacok, first component from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock, peafowl”), ultimately from Latin pāvō; equivalent to pea + cock. Compare Old Norse páfugl (“peacock”, literally “peafowl”), and English peahen, peachick, etc.
Across languages
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