English

Alternative forms

• paiock
• paiocke
• pajocke

Noun

pajock ‎(plural pajocks)

1. (archaic) A peacock, a male peafowl, noted for its large and extravagantly coloured tail.
2. (obsolete, pejorative) A person. (The precise implications of this term are unclear, but it may suggest vanity.)

Quotations

• c. 1600-1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 3, scene 2:

  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, The Horse and His Boy (ISBN 0007206550), Chapter 15:

  “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.