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Phillida

Phillida proper noun: a female given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Phillida

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • While he dressed he sang an ancient ballad, at the top of his voice, to an air he improvised.
      Phillida was a fair maid / As fresh as any flower; / Whom Harpalus the herd-man praide / To be his paramoure. / Harpalus and eke Corin, / Were herd-men both ysere; / And Phillida would twist and spinne, /...1914 Munson Aldrich Havens, Old Valentines, Chapter X

Questions about Phillida

What does Phillida mean?
Phillida means a female given name from Ancient Greek.
What part of speech is Phillida?
Phillida is a proper noun.

Words near Phillida in the dictionary

  1. phillabegs
  2. Philley
  3. Philleys
  4. phillibeg
  5. phillibegs
  6. Phillida
  7. Phillie
  8. Phillies
  9. phillilew
  10. philliloo
  11. philliloos

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