English Explanatory Dictionary

Melvin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama.
  5. A former unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now incorporated into Clovis.
  6. A village in Ford County, Illinois.
  7. A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
  8. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
  9. A village in Speaker Township, Sanilac County, Michigan.
  10. An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
  11. A ghost town in Custer County, South Dakota.
  12. A town in McCulloch County, Texas.
noun
  1. A wedgie performed from in front of the victim.
noun
  1. A boring or nerdy person; a dweeb.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛlvɪn/

Word forms

Melvin melvins

Etymology

Variant of the Scottish surname Melville, from a place name Malleville in Normandy, from Latin mala (“bad”) + Old French ville (“settlement”). * Used to Anglicize Mac Gille Beathain in Scotland and Ó Maoil Mhín in Ireland.

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