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Oct. 22, 2014

pavonine \PAV-uh-nahyn, -nin\ adjective 1. of or like a peacock. 2. resembling the feathers of a peacock, as in coloring. Quotes In her hands the curtains rustle; she hangs silks purchased this morning on Princess Road, color stirring pavonine in the lamplight of her bedroom. -- Kate Moses, Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath, 2003 Origin Pavonine is derived from the Latin word for peacock, pāvō, with the suffix -ine, a suffix of adjectives of Greek or Latin origin, meaning "of or pertaining to," as in marine.

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