MEACOCK

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ETYMOLOGY
of obscure origin: perhaps originally a name of some bird  
(From Murray's N.E.D.: "the suggestion that it is from meek (adj.) is untenable")

EXAMPLE
From: The Plays of William Shakspeare
Volume the Third, Printed 1778
Taming of the Shrew, Act II. Scene I.
P. 452