Patavinity definitions

patavinity

provincialism; dialectal term
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Patavinity

• (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.
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Patavinity

Pat`a·vin'i·ty noun [ Latin patavinitas , from Patavium : confer French patavinité ] 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.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/31

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