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Kathy

Kathy proper noun: a diminutive of the female given names Katherine and Kathleen, also used as a formal given name.

Proper noun

Kathy

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Katherine and Kathleen, also used as a formal given name.
    • During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy […] At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her...1991, Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips, →ISBN, page 36

Forms of Kathy

alternative formCathi
alternative formCathie
alternative formCathy
alternative formKathi
alternative formKathie

Origin of Kathy

From Kath + -y.

Questions about Kathy

What does Kathy mean?
Kathy means a diminutive of the female given names Katherine and Kathleen, also used as a formal given name.
What part of speech is Kathy?
Kathy is a proper noun.

Words near Kathy in the dictionary

  1. Kathrynne
  2. Kathu
  3. Kathua District
  4. kathump
  5. kathumps
  6. Kathy
  7. kati
  8. kati roll
  9. kati rolls
  10. Katia
  11. Katian

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