naeve
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- næve (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]naeve (plural naeves)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of naevus (“pigmented spot”).
- 1649, John Dryden, Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings:
- Was there no milder way but the smallpox; The very filthiness of Pandora's box? So many spots, like næves, our Venus soil?
References
[edit]- “næve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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