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語源

Coined at the end of the 19th century from mavis, a poetical name for the song thrush.

発音

• IPA: /ˈmeɪvɪs/
• 韻: -eɪvɪs

固有名詞

Mavis

1. A female given name from English.
   • 1895, Marie Corelli, chapter IX, in The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 139:

     "Rather an odd name, Mavis, isn't it?" I at last ventured to observe. "Yes, - but it suits her wonderfully. She sings quite as sweetly as any thrush, so she merits her designation."

使用する際の注意点

• Fairly popular in the United Kingdom in the 1930s.

アナグラム

• amvis