nerissa

/nəˈɹɪsə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

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"Well, while I live, I’ll fear no other thing So sore as keeping safe Nerissa’s ring."
"When Nerissa saw the worm her immediate reaction was to kill, for she disliked its sliminess and crawlingness."

Coined by Shakespeare for The Merchant of Venice, apparently from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs, “sea-nymph”).

nereid Nereus

melissa alyssa marissa clarissa larissa elissa alissa lyssa mantissa charissa elyssa artemisa

Questions

How do you pronounce nerissa?

The recorded pronunciation is /nəˈɹɪsə/.

What does nerissa mean?

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Where does nerissa come from?

It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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