nancy
/ˈnænsi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; American usage; Derogatory; Offensive
name
A female given name.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of nancy.
name
A city in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, north-eastern France.
Example Sentences
- "The wonderful Stephen Tobolowsky returns as Sandy [Ryerson], the flaming former glee club director who’s now the shop teacher, and warns that “you are going to have a school full of nancys unless you get some hot wood in those teenagers’ hands.”"
- "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."
- ""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.""
- "There are many Nancies and Jerries in the world. They get told apart by a further name, such as Nancy Lovelace, or Jerry Turing."
- "Their agent, Nancy Phander, sent along a virutal^([sic]) 3D tour and a video tour and they put in an offer based on what they saw."
- "Maplewood, New Jersey Mayor Nancy Adams said her community banned gas-powered blowers in January 2023."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Nancy, Nanciacum, Nanzig
Usage
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Offensive
- Slang