chiause

English

Etymology

• See chiaus

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chiause

2. Obsolete spelling of chiaus. [17th c.]
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:chiause.
3. 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.

References

• "Chiaus" in A New English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893, volume 2, p. 334.
• “chiaus, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• Chausie

Latin

Noun

chiāuse m

1. vocative singular of chiāusus