Eleanor vs Nelly - What's the difference?
eleanor | nelly | Related terms |
(female).
* : Act I, Scene II:
* 1866 William 'Wilkie' Collins: Armadale . Kissinger Publishing 2004. ISBN 1417911972 page 288:
(Cockney rhyming slang) Life.
(derogatory, slang) An effeminate homosexual man.
(British, slang) A silly person.
A common name for the giant petrels, Macronectes giganteus'' and ''Macronectes halli
(slang) Unmanly, effeminate.
Nelly is a related term of eleanor.
As proper nouns the difference between eleanor and nelly
is that eleanor is {{given name|female}} while Nelly is a spelling variant of Nellie, a diminutive of the female given names Eleanor and Helen.As a noun nelly is
life.As an adjective nelly is
unmanly, effeminate.eleanor
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Nay, Eleanor', then must I chide outright: / Presumptuous dame! ill-nurtured ' Eleanor ! / Art thou not second woman in the realm, / And the protector's wife, belov'd of him?
- When you hear a young lady called Eleanor', you think of a tall, beautiful, interesting creature directly - the very opposite of ''me''! With my personal appearance, ' Eleanor sounds ridiculous - and Neelie, as you yourself remarked, is just the thing. No! no! don't say any more - - -