The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pavonian
Pavonian \Pa*vo"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to a peacock. [R.]
--Southey.
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pavonian
a. Of or pertaining to the peacock
Usage examples of "pavonian".
That valiant chieftain came fearlessly on at the head of a phalanx of oyster-fed Pavonians and a corps de reserve of the Van Arsdales and Van Bummels, who had remained behind to digest the enormous dinner they had eaten.
Marry, I cannot remember the names of them all, but there was certes the pavonian touch, the Ledan straddle too, the chthonian ditch, the I think it was termed Ceutan flight and eke the Madrilenan interuberal.
The filmy muslin curtains around the bed stirred gently in the soft breeze, and beyond the open louvered doors leading out to the terrace the sky had turned to a deep pavonian blue.