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avick

avick noun: a form of address to a male friend or young man.

Noun

avick

  1. (Ireland) A form of address to a male friend or young man.
    • "Why, thin, Paddy, avick, it isn't your airly risin', anyhow that 'ill do you any harm this mornin'." "It's thrue enough for you, Thady Byrne," answered Paddy casting a look up at the sky; "for I b'leeve it's purty late in the day."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 514
    Synonyms:
    buddy, mate, my boy, my son

Synonyms of avick

Origin of avick

Borrowed from Irish a mhic (“literally, my son”), from a (“vocative marker”) + mhic (“lenited form of mic”), variant of mac (“son”).

Questions about avick

What does avick mean?
Avick means a form of address to a male friend or young man.
What part of speech is avick?
Avick is a noun.

Words near avick in the dictionary

  1. avicide
  2. avicides
  3. avicin
  4. avicins
  5. avicinylation
  6. avick
  7. avicolous
  8. avicular
  9. avicularia
  10. avicularian
  11. avicularians

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