See Also: avania(dictionary)

diphtheritis (iou) and avania (iou)


diphtheritis (iou)



diphtheritis noun. Now rare or obsolete. E19.
[French diphtherite (now diphtherie: see DIPHTHERIA), from Greek diphthera or diphtheris skin, hide + -ite -ITIS.]
= DIPHTHERIA.

avania (iou)



avania noun. obsolete exc. Hist. Also avaniah. L16.
[Ult. from medieval Greek abania perh. from Arab. awan mischievous damage. Cf. Italian avania, French avanie.]
A tax (esp. an extortionate one) levied by the Turkish authorities.
avanious adjective (arch.) extortionate L17.