zoe

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see also: Zoe

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Noun

zoe (uncountable)

1. In the philosophy of Giorgio Agamben, bare life, as opposed to any particular mode of life (bios).

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Zoe

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈzəʊ.i/, IPA: /ˈzəʊ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈzoʊ.i/, IPA: /ˈzoʊ/

Proper noun

1. A female given name.
   • 1833, Lloyd Wharton Bickley, Zoe, or the Sicilian Sayda: A Romance, Key&Biddle, page 112:

     Rosalie smiled faintly, and at the clapping of her hands, the raven-haired Zoe, in all her surpassing beauty, entered the apartment.

   • 1921, Fannie Hurst, Stardust, BiblioBazaar, LLC (2007), ISBN 1426437080, page 20:

     "Who ever heard of a girl named Zoe! You never did yourself." ¶ "I know I never did, Roy Kemble, but just the same I think it is the most beautiful name in the world. It isn't so much what it really means; names don't have to mean anything - it's what it feels like it means.

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