pajock

plural pajocks · alternative paiock · alternative paiocke · alternative pajocke

1. archaicA peacock, a male peafowl, noted for its large and extravagantly coloured tail.
2. derogatoryobsoletesavage, degenerate

   And wearing my stolen beard, I'll be bound! I'll trounce the pugging pajock in seemly style!

   1958, L. Sprague De Camp, The Tower of Zanid

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   For thou dost know, O Damon dear, This realm dismantled was Of Jove himself, and now reigns here A very very — pajock

   c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]

   “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?”

   1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 15, in The Horse and His Boy, →ISBN

   “Dickie Harewood is a tardy-gaited, unhaired pajock.” Dougless frowned, not understanding. “An ass, madam,” Nicholas explained.

   2002, Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor, page 111