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Stickley

Stickley proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Stickley (plural Stickleys)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Stickley

pluralStickleys

Origin of Stickley

Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from either Old English stiġel (“stile; sharp point”), sticol (“high, steep, stickle”) or from a personal name *Sticca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stile + -ley (“lea”).

Questions about Stickley

What does Stickley mean?
Stickley means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Stickley?
Stickley is a proper noun.

Words near Stickley in the dictionary

  1. sticklerism
  2. sticklers
  3. stickles
  4. stickless
  5. sticklewort
  6. Stickley
  7. Stickleys
  8. sticklike
  9. stickling
  10. Stickling Green
  11. sticklings

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