Melissa
WordNet

noun


(1)   A genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae
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Etymology


From the μέλισσα (mélissa), meaning "bee", "honey", "honeybee".
  • In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maolíosa "servant of Jesus".

Proper noun


  1. Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
  2. . Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.

Quotations

  • 1596 Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene. Book 6, Canto XII:
    And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight
    Appointed to attend her dewly day and night
  • 1841 Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop. Chapman and Hall 1841. page 123:
    Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest.
  • 1959 Nicholas Blake: The Widow's Cruise. page 9:
    - - - by Mrs. Melissa Blaydon and Miss Ianthe Ambrose.
    "Well, they may be sisters," said Nigel. "Those elegant, classical Christian names suggest one father.

Proper noun



  1. , cognate to Melissa.


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  1. , cognate to Melissa.


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  1. , cognate to Melissa.


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  1. , cognate to Melissa.
 
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