nancy
see also: Nancy
Etymology

From Nancy, pet form of the female given names Agnes and Anne, under influence from earlier nan ("serving girl, maid; male homosexual"), itself from Nan, another pet form of the same names.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈnænsi/
Noun

nancy (plural nancies)

  1. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, US, derogatory, slang, offensive) An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
Synonyms
Nancy
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈnænsi/
    • (æ-tensing) IPA: [ˈnɛənsi]
Etymology 1

Medieval diminutive of Ann and Agnes. Compare Betsy, Patsy.

Proper noun
  1. A female given name.
    • 1792, Robert Burns, Ae Fond Kiss:
      I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,
      Naething could resist my Nancy:
      But to see her was to love her;
      Love but her, and love forever.
    • 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter [S%3Aen%3APollyanna%2FChapter+7 7], in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC ↗:
      "And they've got lovely names, too. You'll like their names," sighed Nancy. "They're 'Algernon' and 'Florabelle' and 'Estelle'. I - I just hate Nancy!" "Oh, Nancy, what a dreadful thing to say! Why?" "Because it isn't pretty like the others. You see, I was the first baby, and mother hadn't begun ter read so many stories with the pretty names in them, then."
Translations Proper noun
  1. A city in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
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