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paynym

paynym is the obsolete form of paynim.

Meaning of paynim

Noun

paynim (plural paynims)

  1. (archaic) A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew.
    • But there was one knyght that dyd merueyllously thre dayes / and he bare a black shelde / and of alle knyghtes that euer I sawe he preued the best knyȝt / thenne said Kyng mark that was syre launcelot or syre palomydes the paynym1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxxviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX

Forms of paynym

pluralpaynyms

Questions about paynym

What is paynym the obsolete form of?
Paynym is the obsolete form of paynim.

Words near paynym in the dictionary

  1. paynizing
  2. Paynter
  3. Paynters
  4. Paynton
  5. Payntonian
  6. paynym
  7. paynyms
  8. PAYO
  9. payoff
  10. payoff function
  11. payoff functions

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