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As a noun lucy

is (archaic) the pike (a kind of fish).

lucy

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Lucy) (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * : V:iv:9:
    • Then did my younger brother Amidas / Love that same other Damzell, Lucy bright,/ To whom but little dowre allotted was;/ Her vertue was the dowre, that did delight.
  • * 1798 William Wordsworth: She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways :
    • She lived unknown, and few would know / When Lucy ceased to be;/ But she is in her grave, and, oh,/ The difference to me!
  • * 1830 , Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
    • But certainly there are some names which seem to belong to particular classes of character, to form the mind and even influence the destiny: Louisa, now; - is not your Louisa necessarily a die-away damsel, who reads novels, and holds her head on one side, languishing and given to love! Is not Lucy a pretty soubrette , a wearer of cast gowns and cast smiles, smart and coquettish!
  • * 2009 Dora Raymond, Aunt Dora's Legacy , AuthorHouse, ISBN 1438980663, page 19 ( Lucy Who ):
    • Now we'll just use a fiction name / Lucy' that sounds nice / A name we can remember / Without repeating twice / / My name is so old fashioned / And they are very few / But some will have a puzzled look / And whisper ' Lucy who?
  • derived from place names in Normandy based on a male personal name, from Latin Lucius.
  • * : Act IV, Scene IV:
    • Here is Sir William Lucy , who with me / Set from our o'ermatch'd forces forth for aid.
  • The partial skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis , an early ancestor of human beings.

    • Related terms

    * variants: Lucia, Luci, Lucile, Lucille * male given names: Lucius, Lucian

    howard

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , transferred back from the surname. Short form: Howie.

    • Derived terms

    * Howardian, (Howardian Hills) * howardite

    Quotations

    * 1675 Edward Phillips, Egerton Brydges: Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum . page V: *: Henry Howard , the most noble Earl of Surry'', who flourishing in the time of King Henry the 8.''th , as his name is sufficiently famous for the martial exploits of that family for many generations, so deserves he, had he his due, the particular fame of learning, wit, and poetic fancy * 1984 , Love Medicine , Bantam Books 1987, ISBN 0553268082, page 238,250: *: "King Howard Kashpaw, Junior," said his new teacher. "Which one of those names would you like to be called?" *: He had never thought about it. *: "Howard'," he was surprised to hear himself answer. It was that simple. After that he was ' Howard at school. - - - *: ""He don't call himself Little King anymore," Lynette said from the kitchen. "He thinks his name's Howard ." *: "Howard ?" *: The boy looked at me and nodded. *: "He won't claim his dad no more," said King, standing in the doorway. "He's too good."

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