WORD OF THE DAY: PAVONIZE

PAVONIZE
 
VERB
to behave as a peacock;
to flaunt one's appearance in a vain fashion; to strut ...1838 obs. rare
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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