crevis
English
Etymology
From Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice (“crayfish”).
Noun
crevis (plural crevises)
- (Britain, dialectal) The crayfish.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for crevis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- scrive
Middle English
Alternative forms
- crevyse, creuez, crevez, crevise, creveys, crevesse, krevys
Etymology
From Old French crevice, from Frankish *krebitja, diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkrɛvis(ə)/, /ˈkrɛviːs(ə)/, /ˈkrɛvəs(ə)/
Noun
crevis (plural crevis or crevesses)
- crayfish, lobster
Descendants
- English: crevis; crayfish, crawfish (influenced by fish)
References
- “crevī̆se (n. sg. & pl.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.