flossie
/ˈflɑ.si/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.05 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the female given name Florence.
name
A diminutive of the female given name Flora.
Example Sentences
- "'Otto's at a conference about Free Open-Source Software. It's his big passion. That's why we called the baby Flossie―F-O-S-S. The French geeks stuck an 'L' in for femininity.'"
- ""Big School is more fun than Primary School," said Flossie to her mother as they both sat at the kitchen table, eating their lunch together. "Isn't it, Mum?""
- "Has all the essential qualities of manhood from standing on the street corner flirting with pretty flossies to arguing with his professors on disputed points of psychology"
- "There are about 200 male and female “flossies” who come to the University of Texas solely for a good time, Dr. Robert E. Vinson, president of the university, declared"
- "Somehow all decent men seem to become entangled with a Flossie in their youth. The more decent they are, the flossier the Flossies."
- "‘Not tonight, lovey. I’ve seen better flossies on the battlefields of France and they came cheaper too.’"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflɑ.si/