pajock
English
Alternative forms
- paiock
- paiocke
- pajocke
Noun
pajock (plural pajocks)
- (archaic) A peacock, a male peafowl, noted for its large and extravagantly coloured tail.
- (obsolete, derogatory) A person. (The precise implications of this term are unclear, but it may suggest vanity.)
Quotations
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- For thou dost know, O Damon dear,
This realm dismantled was
Of Jove himself, and now reigns here
A very very — pajock
- 1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 15, in The Horse and His Boy, →ISBN:
- “Peace! Your Majesties! My Lords!” said King Lune. “Have we no more gravity among us than to be so chafed by the taunt of a pajock?”
- 1958, L. Sprague De Camp, The Tower of Zanid:
- And wearing my stolen beard, I'll be bound! I'll trounce the pugging pajock in seemly style!
- 2002, Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor, page 111:
- “Dickie Harewood is a tardy-gaited, unhaired pajock.” Dougless frowned, not understanding. “An ass, madam,” Nicholas explained.