English Explanatory Dictionary

nelly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person's life.
noun
  1. An effeminate homosexual man.
  2. A silly person.
  3. A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
adj
  1. Unmanly; effeminate.
name
  1. Alternative spelling of Nellie.
  2. One of the Frazier Islands where nellies breed.
  3. A surname.

Pronunciation

/nɛli/ En-au-nelly.ogg /ˈnɛli/

Word forms

nelly nellies nellier nelliest

Etymology

Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life.

Derived words

high nelly high-nelly nervous-nelly nervous nelly nice-nelly wet nelly negative Nelly whoa, Nelly
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