paynim

== English == === Alternative forms === painim, painym paynym (13th-18th centuries) === Etymology === From Middle English paynym, paynyme, from Anglo-Norman paienime, peinime et al., from Late Latin paganismus (“paganism”), from Latin paganus (“pagan”). Doublet of paganism. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeɪnɪm/ === Noun === paynim (plural paynims) (archaic) A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew. 1530, Thomas More, The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer, Preface to the Christian reader : And if it be idolatry to do as the paynims did—make an idol “God”—it must needs be much worse idolatry to do as these heretics do, == Middle English == === Noun === paynim alternative form of paynym