† pavonizev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pāvōn- , pāvō , -ize suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pāvōn-, pāvō peacock (see pawn n.²) + -ize suffix. Compare Italian pavoneggiare (1353 as paoneggiare).

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To behave like a peacock.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)]

brandishc1340

ruffle1484

braga1556

swash1556

flourish1563

flaunt1566

prank1567

prink1573

to shake, wag the feather1581

peacockize1598

air1605

display1608

to launch it out1608

flasha1616

to cut it out1619

flare1633

vapour1652

peacock1654

spark1676

to gallantrize it1693

bosh1709

glare1712

to cut a bosh1726

to show away1728

to figure away, off1749

parade1749

to cut a dashc1771

dash1786

to cut up1787

to cut a flash1795

to make, or cut, a splash1804

swank1809

to come out strong1825

to cut a spludge1831

to cut it (too) fat1836

pavonize1838

splurge1844

to do the grand1847

to cut a swath1848

to cut a splurge1860

to fan out1860

spread1860

skyre1871

fluster1876

to strut one's stuff1926

showboat1937

floss1938

style1968

1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. xiv. 301 Pavoneggiarsi!—untranslateable. One cannot say well in English, to peacock oneself.]

1838 [implied in: C. R. Scott Excursions Mountains Ronda & Granada II. iii. 69 I never could perceive any more ‘harmony and fascination’ in the movements of the pavonizing gaditanas who frequent it [sc. the Alameda in Cadiz], than in those of the fair promenaders of other Spanish towns. (at pavonizing adj. at Derivatives)].

1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) III. 391/3 Pavonize, to comport oneself as a peacock.

Derivatives

pavonizing adj.

ΚΠ

1838 C. R. Scott Excursions Mountains Ronda & Granada II. iii. 69 I never could perceive any more ‘harmony and fascination’ in the movements of the pavonizing gaditanas who frequent it [sc. the Alameda in Cadiz], than in those of the fair promenaders of other Spanish towns.

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

单词	pavonize
释义	† pavonizev. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pāvōn- , pāvō , -ize suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pāvōn-, pāvō peacock (see pawn n.²) + -ize suffix. Compare Italian pavoneggiare (1353 as paoneggiare). Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To behave like a peacock. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. xiv. 301 Pavoneggiarsi!—untranslateable. One cannot say well in English, to peacock oneself.] 1838 [implied in: C. R. Scott Excursions Mountains Ronda & Granada II. iii. 69 I never could perceive any more ‘harmony and fascination’ in the movements of the pavonizing gaditanas who frequent it [sc. the Alameda in Cadiz], than in those of the fair promenaders of other Spanish towns. (at pavonizing adj. at Derivatives)]. 1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) III. 391/3 Pavonize, to comport oneself as a peacock. Derivatives pavonizing adj. ΚΠ 1838 C. R. Scott Excursions Mountains Ronda & Granada II. iii. 69 I never could perceive any more ‘harmony and fascination’ in the movements of the pavonizing gaditanas who frequent it [sc. the Alameda in Cadiz], than in those of the fair promenaders of other Spanish towns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1838
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