chiause

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English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • enPR: chä.o͞osʹ, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑˈʊs/ (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)
  • Hyphenation: chia‧use

Noun

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chiause

  1. Obsolete spelling of chiaus. [17th c.]
  2. Obsolete spelling of chouse.
    • 1649, John James Elson, quoting William Cavendish, “dramatis personae”, in The Varietie, quoted in "Humours of Monsieur Galliard (William, Duke of Newcastle)", The Wits, or, Sport upon sport, Cornell studies in English, v. 18, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, published 1932, →OCLC, page 204:
      In addition to these characters, Simpleton (described in Variety as "a Country Chiause,") []
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:chiause.

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Latin

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Noun

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chiāuse m

  1. vocative singular of chiāusus