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Patavinity
A provincial idiom in speech or writing; so called from
Patavium (Padua), the birthplace of Livy. (See Patois.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Patavinity from Infoplease:
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