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Effie

/ˈɛfi/

Effie proper noun: a diminutive of the female given name Euphemia, also used as a formal given name in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Effie

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Euphemia, also used as a formal given name in the 19th century.
    • "Yes, little wild flower - I shall call you that, unless your name sounds like you. What is it, dear?" / "Effie Malie." / "That is charming; now, Effie Malie, sit down upon this mossy bank with me, […]1857, J. T. Bickford, Scandal, Shepard, Clark, and Brown, page 82
    • He said to Effie Perine: “Yes, sweetheart?” She was a lanky sunburned girl whose tan dress of thin woolen stuff clung to her with an effect of dampness.1930, Dashiell Hammet, The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 3
  2. An unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  3. A city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States.

Noun

Effie (plural Effies)

  1. An annual award given for effective marketing.
    • Grey Advertising won gold Effies for General Foods' Dream Whip and Swift's Sizzlean, and a pair of gold Effies went to Ally & Gargano for MCI Telecommunications and Pentax.1982, Advertising Age Yearbook

Forms of Effie

pluralEffies

Origin of Effie

From Euphemia + -ie, or, very rarely, from modern Greek Eftychia or Euthemia (diminutive form).

From effective + -ie.

Words that rhyme with Effie

Questions about Effie

What does Effie mean?
Effie means a diminutive of the female given name Euphemia, also used as a formal given name in the 19th century.
What part of speech is Effie?
Effie can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Effie?
Effie is pronounced /ˈɛfi/.

Words near Effie in the dictionary

  1. efficients
  2. efficious
  3. effictio
  4. effiction
  5. effictions
  6. Effie
  7. Effies
  8. effigial
  9. effigiate
  10. effigiated
  11. effigiates

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