pajock

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pajock (plural pajocks)

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

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]:
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, chapter 15, in The Horse and His Boy, →ISBN:
“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.