English Explanatory Dictionary

Dewey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1890s American usage.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A part of Dewey-Humboldt, Yavapai County, Arizona, previously unincorporated.
  5. A ghost town in Owyhee County, Idaho.
  6. A census-designated place in East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Vigo County, Indiana.
  8. A ghost town in Polk County, Missouri, named after George Dewey.
  9. A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.
  10. A city in Washington County, Oklahoma, named after George Dewey.
  11. An unincorporated community in Custer County, South Dakota.
  12. A ghost town in Grand County, Utah.
adj
  1. Obsolete form of dewy.
noun
  1. A charge of DUI.

Pronunciation

/ˈduːi/

Word forms

Dewey Duey more dewey most dewey deweys

Etymology

Possibly from a place name in Northern France, Douai. Welsh origin from Dewi (David) has also been suggested.

Derived words

Dewey County Dewey Decimal Classification Dewey Decimal System Dewey-Humboldt
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary