aviso

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5

Definition of aviso

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
    “I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets.”
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noun

  1. Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
    “I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets.”
  2. A kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication; an advice boat, or dispatch boat.
  3. A mid-sized colonial warship.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aviso (“advice”). Doublet of advice.

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2-letter words

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