pavier means A paver (someone who lays pavement). It carries an Arena rating of 1436, earned across 2 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pavier ranks #8,254 of 17,116 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #8,277 of 17,130 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #8,535 of 17,137 for Most Exacting Words, #8,703 of 17,123 for Most Malleable Words.
Why “pavier” is a great word
A person, typically a laborer or craftsman, who lays paving stones or pavement. From the late Middle English 'pavier', an alteration of the Old French 'pa(v)ier', meaning 'paved' or 'stone-worker'. Unlike 'mason' (whose broader canvas includes walls, arches, and edifices) or the modern 'paver' (which has subsumed the laborer into the tool and the machine), a pavier is a creature of the horizontal plane, his work passing from hand to sole to wheel. It is the kneeling figure in a medieval manuscript, setting granite into a cathedral close; the rasp of sandstone dragged over sand; the quiet satisfaction of a surface made level by hand—the labor of footsteps yet to fall, a foundation so constant it disappears beneath the feet it serves.
noun
- A paver (someone who lays pavement).
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