mavis
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 5
/ˈmeɪvɪs/
Definition of mavis
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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A female given name from English.
“"Rather an odd name, Mavis, isn't it?" I at last ventured to observe. "Yes, - but it suits her wonderfully. She sings quite as sweetly as any thrush, so she merits her designation."”
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name
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A female given name from English.
“"Rather an odd name, Mavis, isn't it?" I at last ventured to observe. "Yes, - but it suits her wonderfully. She sings quite as sweetly as any thrush, so she merits her designation."”
noun
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(poetic)song thrush
“At midnight the moon cometh, / And looketh down alone; / Her song the lintwhite swelleth, / The clear voiced mavis dwelleth […]”
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Etymology
Coined at the end of the 19th century from mavis, a poetical name for the song thrush.
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