Crossword-Solution: PATOIS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Patois | n. | A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PATOIS | anagram | PATIOS |
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Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ENE
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with PATOIS (5)
Chevalier had been touched on a sore point, and she let out such a stream of fiery _patois_ that Emil fled from the kitchen and mounted his mare.
Old Celestine, with a bandana _tignon_ twisted about her head, hobbled in and out, taking a personal interest in everything; and she lingered occasionally to talk patois with Robert, whom she had known as a boy.
And this is an uncertain moment; for sometimes the consciousness is forced upon him early, on the occasion of some slight association, a colour, a flower, or a scent; and sometimes not until, one fine morning, he wakes up with the southern sunshine peeping through the _persiennes_, and the southern patois confusedly audible below the windows.
Nick took easily to accomplishments, and he handled the clumsy tiller with a certainty and distinction that made the boatmen swear in two languages and a patois.
Clay answered the man's speech curtly, with a few short words, in the Spanish patois in which he had been addressed, and then turned and smiled grimly upon the expectant group of engineers.
Quotes with PATOIS (1)
I was a reader before I was a writer, and when I started putting together my first collection of short stories, Fairytales For Lost Children, I drew on my rich history as a reader to try and create my voice. I wanted this voice to reflect my Somali background, my Kenyan upbringing and my London home. This voice would be a mashup of all the elements that formed my youth; the sticky-sweet Jamaican patois, the Kenyan street slang, my Somali and Italian linguistic tics, my love o…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 80 times in crossword archives (1972–2023).