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Lizzy

Lizzy proper noun: a diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

Proper noun

Lizzy

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
    • And upon Elizabeth's seeming really, with vexed and embarrassed looks, about to escape, she added, “Lizzy, I insist upon your staying and hearing Mr. Collins.”1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XIX, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 242

Noun

Lizzy (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang) Money (in reference to Queen Elizabeth II featuring on British and other Commonwealth coins during her reign)
    • AJ Tizzy from T-H-E Lizzy
    • And I'm all out for the Lizzy2016, “Thiago Silva”, performed by Dave & AJ Tracey

Forms of Lizzy

alternative formLizzie

Questions about Lizzy

What does Lizzy mean?
Lizzy means a diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
What part of speech is Lizzy?
Lizzy can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Lizzy in the dictionary

  1. lizzards
  2. Lizzbian
  3. Lizzbians
  4. lizzie
  5. lizzies
  6. Lizzy
  7. Liège
  8. Liège Island
  9. Liébana
  10. Ličko-senjska
  11. Ližnjan

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