pavonazzetto

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/pævənætˈsɛtəʊ/

noun

A type of variegated marble.

OriginItalian pavonazzetto →
Scrabble 35
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Meanings

nounpavonazzetto (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of variegated marble.

    “Pavonazzetto,” Replevin said, “also known as Phrygian marble, once believed to take its coloring from the blood of the Phrygian youth Atys, the one you see right there, in fact […].”

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 688

Origin

  1. Italianpavonazzetto
  2. Englishpavonazzetto

Borrowed from Italian pavonazzetto, from pavonazzo + -etto.

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APA

pavonazzetto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pavonazzetto

MLA

“pavonazzetto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pavonazzetto. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pavonazzetto,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pavonazzetto.

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