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English

Noun

norice (plural norices)

1. Obsolete form of nurse.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:norice.

References

Anagrams

• Cerino, Coiner, coiner, orcein, orcine, recoin

Middle English

Alternative forms

• noryse, norys, norse, nurse, nurishe, norische, norrice, noryce, noris, norysshe

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French norrice, from Latin n?tr?cius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nuris(?)/, /?nuri?(?)/, /?n?ris(?)/, /?nuri?s(?)/, /?nur(?)s(?)/

Noun

norice (plural norices or norice)

1. A woman employed to take care of one's children or babies; a nanny.
   1. One employed to breastfeed a child; a wet-nurse.
   2. (rare, Christianity) Mary as the caretaker and guardian of Jesus.
2. An idea, behaviour or a proponent or proponents of an idea or behaviour that supports something.
3. A man employed to take care of one's children and educate them.
4. An animal or plant which rears or raises its offspring.
5. (rare) Nourishment, rearing, raising.
6. (rare) One who provides religious sustenance; a proponent of doctrines.
7. (rare) One who is one's guardianship.

Related terms

• norserye

Descendants

• English: nurse, nourice
• Scots: nourice, nuirice

References

• “nor??ce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.

English

Etymology

From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin nov?cius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?v?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??v?s/

Noun

novice (plural novices)

1. A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. [from 14th c.]

   I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.

3. (religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. [from 14th c.]
   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137:

     Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]

Synonyms

• (person new to an activity): amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling
• See also Thesaurus:beginner

Related terms

• novel
• novelization
• novelize
• novella
• novelty
• novitiate

Translations

Further reading

• novice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• novice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• novice at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• nocive

French

Etymology

From Middle French novice, from Old French novice, borrowed from Late Latin nov?cius, nov?cia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”), from Latin nov?cius, nov?tius (“new, newly arrived”), from novus (“new”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?.vis/

Noun

novice m or f (plural novices)

1. beginner, novice

Adjective

novice (plural novices)

1. inexperienced

Further reading

• “novice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French novice, borrowed from Late Latin nov?cius, nov?cia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”), from Latin nov?cius, nov?tius (“new, newly arrived”), from novus (“new”).

Noun

novice m or f (plural novices)

1. (Jersey) novice

Romanian

Etymology

From French novice.

Noun

novice m (plural novici)

1. novice

Declension