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Marionetta

Marionetta proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage.

Proper noun

Marionetta

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • “Nightmare Abbey” is an excellent example of this satire. Here we find the melancholic Scythrop Glowry, a fictional figure in which the poet Shelley is thinly disguised, torn between two fair maidens, Marionetta and Celinda.1925 February 22, “In Thomas Love Peacock the Plot Does Not Matter […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    • He was born seventy years ago in East Portchester, the son of the late William Knapp Mead and Marionetta Crawford Mead.1931 September 4, “Warren Crawford Mead. New Haven Railroad Trainman Dies Suddenly at Station.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin of Marionetta

From Marion + -etta.

Questions about Marionetta

What does Marionetta mean?
Marionetta means a female given name originating as a coinage.
What part of speech is Marionetta?
Marionetta is a proper noun.

Words near Marionetta in the dictionary

  1. Marion
  2. Marion Bay
  3. Marion County
  4. marionberries
  5. marionberry
  6. Marionetta
  7. marionette
  8. marionette line
  9. marionette lines
  10. marionetted
  11. marionettelike

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