Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pavonated

/ˈpæv.ə.neɪ.tɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pavonat-ed
IPA: /ˈpæv.ə.neɪ.tɪd/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Colored like the neck of a peacock: peacock blue.

Dated

Example Sentences

"2181 Very dark copper red, slightly pavonated Copper Pyrites, in Quartz; from Freiberg. 2182 Very beautifully pavonated Copper Pyrites, with traversing slips of Siderocalcite; from Grosskamsdorf."
"She guided me into a courtyard whose thrumming intensity of blue could only have been created by a fusion of hyacinthine and pavonated cobalt exalted by lapis. This hot blue kingdom was planted with orange trees heavy with fruit."
"The icebergs glowed different shades of blue: turquoise, cerulean, azure, pavonated, sapphire, ultramarine. When our Zodiac stopped to allow people to take photographs I just stared at the surreal magnificence of that glittering blue[…]"

Etymology

From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ate + -ed.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pāvō
Suffix: -ate

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more pavonated (comparative) most pavonated (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce pavonated?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpæv.ə.neɪ.tɪd/.
What does pavonated mean?: Colored like the neck of a peacock: peacock blue.
Where does pavonated come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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