See Also: Eyas(medicine)
eyas(dictionary)

eyas (iou)



eyas noun & adjective. Orig. nyas. L15.
[Old & mod. French niais (orig.) bird taken from the nest, (now) silly person, from Proto-Romance from Latin nidus nest. Initial n lost by misdivision as in ADDER noun1; spelling with ey- may be due to assoc. with EY noun.]
A. noun.
A young hawk in the nest, or taken from it for training; a hawk whose training is incomplete. L15.
A child, a youthful or immature person. L16.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Unfledged, youthful. L16.