naeve
See also: näve and næve
English
Alternative forms
- næve (obsolete)
Etymology
Latin naevus.
Noun
naeve (plural naeves)
- (obsolete) A naevus; a 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?
- 1649, John Dryden, Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 naeve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Neave, veena
Latin
Noun
naeve
- vocative singular of naevus