LekhoriLekhoriA male peafowl, especially Pavo cristatus, notable for its brilliant iridescently ocellated tail.
The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.
A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female.
A pompous or vainglorious person [from the 14th c.].
To strut about proudly or haughtily.
A routine border-check in upstate New York had turned into a back-room interrogation, and I was worried, because the three friends I was traveling with didn’t respond to authority well. I could almost hear the wry grins cracking their faces as the officers peacocked. “Is U.S. Customs a joke to you?” one officer asked. My friend Alex said, “No law against smiling, sir.”
A surname transferred from the nickname.
A township in Lake County, Michigan, United States.
An unincorporated community in Stonewall County, Texas, United States.
From Middle English pecok, pekok, pocok, pacok, equivalent to pea (“peafowl; peacock”) + cock. Compare Old Norse páfugl (“peacock”, literally “pea-fowl”), and English peahen, peachick, etc.
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To engage in peacocking, ostentatious dress or behaviour to impress women.