pavon
/pˈɑvən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small triangular flag, especially one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.
noun
Alternative form of pavane.
noun
The peacock bass
noun
A tropical butterfly, Doxocopa pavon, noted for the iridescent purple coloration of the male.
noun
A subtropical plant of genus Peperomia.
noun
A hydrochloride of opium alkaloid, similar to Pantopon, used as a pain medication.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "High silken pavilions or colored marquees, shooting up from among the crowd of meaner dwellings, marked where the great lords and barons of Leon and Castile displayed their standards, while over the white roofs, as far as eye could reach, the waving of ancients, pavons, pensils, and banderoles, with flash of gold and glow of colors, proclaimed that all the chivalry of Iberia were mustered in the plain beneath them."
- "In modern parlance, under the generic name of flag is included standards, ancients or ensigns, banners, bannerolls, pavons, colors, streamers, pennons, pennoncelles, gonfanons, guidons , coronetts or coronells (hence the title of colonel), and the like."
- "Another flag, a pavon, is bendy of 10 arg. and az . which is a Mountford, Montford, or Montfort coat. This pavon occurs again, except that the number of bends seems to be 11 or 12: such variations are of no moment, as there is another Mountfort coat bendy of 12 or and az."
- "Some of these books contain illustrations of this flag; nevertheless there is not, nor has there ever been, bunting of any shape or size named a pavon."
- "The pavon shape was popular in the fourteenth century."
- "I danced with him a pavon to please my godmother, who would have it; though I do hate with all my heart that slow solemn dance; a country round, for steps and spirit, is worth it a hundred times over."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin