Nellier vs Hellier - What's the difference?
nellier | hellier |
(nelly)
(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.
(obsolete) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
As an adjective nellier
is comparative of nelly.As a noun hellier is
one who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.nellier
English
Adjective
(head)nelly
English
Etymology 1
Shortened from Nelly Duff'', for ''puff'', i.e. breath of ''lifeNoun
(-) (not used in the plural)Usage notes
* Used principally in the phrase (not on your nelly).Etymology 2
From the woman's name, NellyNoun
(nellies)Hyponyms
* (petrel) Antarctic giant petrel, northern piant petrel, southern giant fulmar, southern giant petrelAdjective
(er)hellier
English
Alternative forms
* helerNoun
(en noun)- (Usher)