shiv

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).

Thou hast as much grace as the holy bull of Shiv. — Kim, Rudyard Kipling
Saw and feared and wondered, making prayer to Shiv, Who hath surely given meat to all that live. — The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
Here loads of lances, in my blood embrued, Again shoot upward, by my blood renew’d.’ “My falt’ring tongue and shiv’ring limbs declare My horror, and in bristles rose my hair. — The Aeneid, Virgil

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