Patavinity

[,pætә'viniti]

Definition

(n.) The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; -- so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity.

Editor: Stanton

Definition

n. the style of Padua (L. Patavium) esp. the diction of Livy a native of Patavium hence provincialism generally.

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