PAVONIZE VERB to behave as a peacock; to flaunt one's appearance in a vain fashion; to strut ...1838 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin pāvōn-, pāvō peacock + -ize FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1838 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...and, I must say, that I never could perceive any more "harmony and fascination" in the movements of the pavonizing gaditanas who frequent it, than in those of the fair promenaders of other Spanish towns..." From: Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda and Granada - Captain C. Rochfort Scott, Vol II
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