Peacock
11Peacock — Peacock, Thomas Love (1785 1866) a British writer and poet who used ↑satire (=a way of writing in which you make someone seem funny in order to show their faults) to criticize the politicians and writers of his time. His most famous works are… …
12Peacock — (izg. pìkok), Thomas Love (1785 1866) DEFINICIJA engleski romanopisac sedam satiričkih romana nazvanih »konverzacijskima«, jer glavna lica uglavnom sjede za stolom i raspravljaju o svemu i svačemu, od filozofije do svakodnevnih malih briga,… …
13Peacock — [pē′käk΄] Thomas Love 1785 1866; Eng. novelist & poet …
14Peacock — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Peacock, nom commun formé des racines anglaises pea et cock [note 1], signifiant le paon …
15peacock — peacockery, peacockism, n. peacockish, peacocky, adj. peacockishly, adv. peacockishness, n. /pee kok /, n., pl. peacocks, (esp. collectively) peacock. v. n. 1. the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail …
16Peacock — /pee kok /, n. Thomas Love, 1785 1866, English poet and novelist. * * * Any of three species (family Phasianidae) of resplendent birds of open lowland forests. Blue, or Indian (Pavo cristatus), and green, or Javanese (P. muticus), peacock males… …
17peacock — [[t]pi͟ːkɒk[/t]] peacocks 1) N COUNT A peacock is a large bird. The male has a very large tail covered with blue and green spots, which it can spread out like a fan. ...peacocks strutting slowly across the garden. ...peacock feathers. 2) N COUNT… …
18peacock — [14] The original English name of the ‘peacock’ in the Anglo Saxon period was pēa. This was borrowed from Latin pāvō, a word which appears to have been related to Greek taós ‘peacock’, and which also gave French paon, Italian pavone, and Spanish… …
19peacock — [14] The original English name of the ‘peacock’ in the Anglo Saxon period was pēa. This was borrowed from Latin pāvō, a word which appears to have been related to Greek taós ‘peacock’, and which also gave French paon, Italian pavone, and Spanish… …
20Peacock — Recorded as Peacock, Pocock, Peacocke, Peecock and Pacock, this is an early English surname. It derives from the pre 7th Century word peacocc , meaning literally a peacock, and was originally either an occupational name for a breeder of these… …
