mavis

See also: Mavis

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English mavys, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman mauvis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French mauvis (“song thrush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪvɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪvɪs

Noun

mavis (plural mavises)

1. Song thrush.
   • Alfred Lord Tennyson, Claribel

     At midnight the moon cometh, / And looketh down alone; / Her song the lintwhite swelleth, / The clear voiced mavis dwelleth […]

Anagrams

• amvis

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) māvīs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of mālō