eyas
noun/ˈaɪəs/
Etymology Rebracketing of a nyas as an *eyas.
1
A young hawk or falcon in the nest, or that has not yet fledged, especially one that will be trained for falconry.
2
Figuratively Something diminutive and immature or untrained.
- Are we to suppose the following lines of Plautus to have been delivered by an "eyas?"1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 234: