Melissa (Melissa Manchester album)
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
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
- , cognate to Melissa.
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- , cognate to Melissa.
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Proper noun
- , cognate to Melissa.
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Proper noun
- , cognate to Melissa.