- paynim⇄adj. 1. pagan; heathen.
Ex. A people ... a remnant that were left Paynim amid their circles, and the stones They pitch up straight to heaven (Tennyson).
2. Moslem; Saracen.
Ex. Paynim sons of swarthy Spain (Scott). - paynim⇄noun 1. a pagan; heathen.
2. a Moslem; Saracen.
Ex. ... the crusader, who had sunk thirty thousand paynims at a blow (John L. Motley).
3. pagandom; heathendom. - paynim⇄paynim orPaynim, noun, adjective.
(Archaic.)