cavien.

Brit.

/ˈkeɪvi/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪvi/, Scottish English

/ˈkevɪ/

Forms: Also cavey, cavy.

Etymology: apparently < Middle Dutch kēvie, Dutch or Flemish kevie, 16th cent. Flemish also kavie (Plantin 1573), cage, coop, corresponding to Old High German chevia, Middle High German kevje, German käfig, käfich cage < West Germanic kavia strong feminine, < late Latin *cavia, for cavea cage, coop, den, etc., < cavus hollow.

Scottish.

A hen-coop; a house for fowls.

ΚΠ

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) v. 142 It is just like a cavy full of men, instead of hens.

1805 J. Nicol Poems II. 90 (Jam.) Nor duck, nor turkie-cavie enter'd.

1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iii. 56 (Jam.) Croose as a cock in his ain cavie.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 45 Cooped up in a convent, like a kain-hen in a cavey.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cavie
释义	cavien. Brit. /ˈkeɪvi/, U.S. /ˈkeɪvi/, Scottish English /ˈkevɪ/ Forms: Also cavey, cavy. Etymology: apparently < Middle Dutch kēvie, Dutch or Flemish kevie, 16th cent. Flemish also kavie (Plantin 1573), cage, coop, corresponding to Old High German chevia, Middle High German kevje, German käfig, käfich cage < West Germanic kavia strong feminine, < late Latin cavia, for cavea* cage, coop, den, etc., < cavus hollow. Scottish. A hen-coop; a house for fowls. ΚΠ 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) v. 142 It is just like a cavy full of men, instead of hens. 1805 J. Nicol Poems II. 90 (Jam.) Nor duck, nor turkie-cavie enter'd. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iii. 56 (Jam.) Croose as a cock in his ain cavie. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 45 Cooped up in a convent, like a kain-hen in a cavey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1756
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