Noun: pavis
| Singular | pavis |
| Plural | pavises; pavisses |
Sample Sentences
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For in this proceſſe, Parrot nothĩg hath ſurmyſed
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No matter pretendyd, nor nothyng enterpryſed
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But that metaphora, alegoria with all
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Shall be his protectyon, his pauys and his wall [c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:]
Nouns inflected like pavis
databus,
stage bus,
nonplus,
motor bus,
tour bus,
front-side bus,
microbus,
attrition bias,
portculles,
flue gas,
non-plus,
motorbus,
arquebus,
frontside bus,
poison gas,
schoolbus,
as,
commuter bus,
off-gas,
overplus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English pavis(e) (paveis, pavas), from Anglo-Norman pavis (compare French pavois), from Latin pavensis, probably from Pavia in Italy. Compare Italian pavese. See: French Nouns '
pavois', Latin Nouns '
pavensis', Italian Nouns '
pavese'.