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pavonazzetto

/pævənætˈsɛtəʊ/

pavonazzetto noun: a type of variegated marble.

Noun

pavonazzetto (uncountable)

  1. A 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 of pavonazzetto

Borrowed from Italian pavonazzetto, from pavonazzo + -etto.

Questions about pavonazzetto

What does pavonazzetto mean?
Pavonazzetto means a type of variegated marble.
What part of speech is pavonazzetto?
Pavonazzetto is a noun.
How do you pronounce pavonazzetto?
Pavonazzetto is pronounced /pævənætˈsɛtəʊ/.

Words near pavonazzetto in the dictionary

  1. Pavlovsk
  2. PAVN
  3. Pavo
  4. pavon
  5. pavonated
  6. pavonazzetto
  7. Pavonazzo
  8. pavone
  9. pavones
  10. pavonia
  11. pavonian

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