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caroline | nigel |

As a noun caroline

is (historical) an old silver coin of italy.

caroline

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to the time of Kings Charles I and II.

    • Synonyms

    * Carolean

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • . Borrowed in the 17th century from the (etyl) form of Carolina, feminine derivative of Carolus, the (etyl) equivalent of Charles, which came from (etyl) Karl .
  • * 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
    • - - - 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'. A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are ' Carolines . That does not, however, wholly proceed from the love of the appellation; though I believe that a queen Margery or a queen Sarah would have had fewer namesakes.
  • * 1999 Andrew Pyper: Lost Girls : Chapter Forty-Four:
    • I used to love saying her name. Caroline', with the "i" always long, because to make it short left it sounding like ''crinoline'', a sweat-stained, mothballed Sunday hat pulled from an attic trunk. But '''Caroline with the "i" long created a sound roughly equivalent to the idea of a ''girl . The echo of a song in its three syllables, an age-old lyric not yet faded from memory.

    Related terms

    * (variants) Carolyn; Carla, Charlene, Charlotte, Karla * (pet forms) Carey, Caro, Carol,Carrie, Cary, Lina

    Anagrams

    * * * * English eponyms ----

    nigel

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , of mostly British usage.
  • * 1822 , The Fortunes of Nigel , Chapter XXIII,
    • 'I thought, sir,' answered Nigel', with as much haughtiness as was consistent with the cool distance he desired to preserve, 'I thought I had told you, my name was ' Nigel Grahame.'
    His eminence of Whitefriars on this burst into a loud, chuckling, impudent laugh, repeating the word, till his voice was almost inarticulate, - 'Niggle Green - Niggle Green - Niggle Green! why, my lord, you would be queered in the drinking of a penny pot of Malmsey, if you cry before you are touched.'

    Derived terms

    * Nigella (feminine form) * Niyjale * Nige

    Anagrams

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australian, pejorative, usually restricted to youths) A person, usually male, who is unpopular with their peers, unfashionable, socially awkward and/or introverted.
    • He's such a Nigel : Hangs around in the library all day, by himself

    Synonyms

    * Nigel-no-friends * Nige