eyas noun & adjective. ['ʌɪǝs] 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.
1. A young hawk in the nest, or taken from it for training; a hawk whose training is incomplete. L15.

2. A child, a youthful or immature person. L16.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Unfledged, youthful. L16.

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