sophie
/ˈsəʊfi/
sophie is the obsolete spelling of sophy.
Meaning of sophy
Noun (1)
sophy (uncountable)
Noun (2)
sophy (plural sophies)
- A wise man; a sage.
- Yet notwithstanding some men in sundrie nations have mounted above the common rate, and indevored to cherish and advaunce the said Insights, and drawen some small sparkes of truth and wisedome out of them, as out of some little fire raked up under a great heape of ashes; the which they have...1587: Philippe de Mornay (author), Sir Philip Sidney (translator), and Arthur Golding (translator), A Woorke concerning the trewneſſe of the Christian Religion, preface, page viii (2007 compilation...
Noun (3)
sophy (plural sophies)
Proper noun capitalized: Sophie
Sophie
- A female given name from French Sophie, equivalent to English Sophia of Ancient Greek origin.
- Wilt thou be a nun, Sophie? / Nothing but a nun? / Is it not a better thing / With thy friends to laugh and sing?1832 Barry Cornwall, English Songs, 1851, LXXXV ("To Sophie")
- No, like a small child, my daughter, Sophie Anne Louise. We gave her three names, all of which exist in English as well as in French, so she can change her name just by changing her accent. - - -
- Sophie Anne Louise. It is a bit pretentious, do you not find? Maybe it is better in English. Sophie Anne Louise. No, it still sounds like one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren.1991, Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, →ISBN, pages 241, 252
- A diminutive of the female given name Sophia.
- Sophia landed on her behind on the soft moss that lined the river bank. "Besides, you don't win yet, Sophie," he said. "I have one more stone still."1995, Marilyn Seguin, The Bell Keeper: The story of Sophia and the Massacre of the Indians at Gnadenhutten, Ohio, in 1782, page 8
- A village in Ouest department, Haiti.
Noun capitalized: Sophie
Sophie (plural Sophies)
- Archaic spelling of Safavi.
- The Prince of Morocco:
[…]By this Symitare,
That ſlew the Sophie, and a Perſian Prince[…]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]... - The Safavid shahs were commonly termed by Western writers "Sophie", "Sophy", "Sophi" or "Soffi". All these terms were probably corruptions of Ṣafī, the name of the founder of the Safavid Order, rather than of Ṣūfī, as the Safavid supporters called themselves.1980, Roger Savory, Iran under the Safavids, Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 259
- The Prince of Morocco:
Forms of sophie
| plural | sophies |
|---|---|
| plural | Sophies |
Origin of sophie
From Middle English sophie.
See Sophy.
Words formed from sophie
Phrases with sophie
Words that rhyme with sophie
Questions about sophie
- What does sophie mean?
- Sophie means a female given name from French Sophie, equivalent to English Sophia of Ancient Greek origin.
- What is sophie the obsolete spelling of?
- Sophie is the obsolete spelling of sophy.
- What part of speech is sophie?
- Sophie can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sophie?
- Sophie is pronounced /ˈsəʊfi/.
Words near sophie in the dictionary
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