pavisand
/ˈpavɪsand/nonce-wd.
verb
[no object] To display an impressive or opulent array of clothing and ornament; to flaunt one's appearance.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), writer and poet. Origin uncertain; perhaps an arbitrary alteration of pavisade, perhaps intended also to pun on classical Latin pāvōn-, pāvō peacock in the context of quot. 1910 at main sense.
- prognosticator
- prognosticatory
- progradation
- prograde
- program
- programatical
- programatist
- program boy
- program builder
- program-building
- program card
- cyclecar
- cycle clip
- cycledom
- cycle ergometer
- cycle helmet
- cycle lane
- cycle-man
- cycle of erosion
- cycle path
- cycler
- cycle rickshaw
- cyclery
- cycle scout
- cycle shorts