Meanings
nounaviso (plural avisos or avisoes)
plural avisos · plural avisoes
- Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets.
c. 1638 May 13 (date licensed; Gregorian calendar), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Ladies Triall. […], London: […] E. G. for Henry Shephard, […], published 1639, →OCLC, Act I, signature B, recto - A kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication; an advice boat, or dispatch boat.
- A mid-sized colonial warship.
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Origin
- Spanishaviso“advice”
- Englishaviso
Borrowed from Spanish aviso (“advice”). Doublet of advice.
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Polish awizo, awizowiec
- awizomid-sized colonial warship
- awizowiecmid-sized colonial warship
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aviso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviso
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“aviso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviso. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aviso,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviso.
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