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Definition of 'eyas'

Word Frequency

eyas in British

(ˈaɪəs )
noun plural -asses
a nestling hawk or falcon, esp one reared for training in falconry
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Word origin of 'eyas'
C15: mistaken division of earlier a nyas, from Old French niais nestling, from Latin nīdus nest
Word Frequency

eyas in American

(ˈaɪəs ; īˈəs)
noun
an unfledged bird; nestling; esp., a young hawk taken from its nest for training in falconry
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'eyas'
ME, by faulty division (infl. by ey, egg) of a nyas, a niais < OFr niais, nestling < VL *nidax < L nidus, nest

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Used Rarely. eyas is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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