Aggie vs Clara - What's the difference?
aggie | clara |
Marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate
(US) An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.
(US) A student or alumnus of such a school. .
* 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
* 1956 Tad Mosel: Other People's Houses. Six Television Plays. page 123:
As a proper noun aggie
is a diminutive of the female given names agnes and agatha.As a noun aggie
is (us) an agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.As an adjective clara is
.aggie
English
Etymology 1
A diminutive shortening of (agate)Noun
Etymology 2
A diminutive shortening of (agricultural)Noun
(en noun)clara
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.
- My mother called me Clara'. And everybody else called me '''Clara''' until I was fourteen years old. Then I got sick of it. ' Clara ! Sounds like breaking glass. Did you ever stop to think of that, Frank? Say it fast and hit the C.