Tiffany
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Ellipsis of Tiffany glass. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
- 2 A kind of gauze, or very thin silk. countable, uncountable
"[…] the smoak of sulphur will not black paper, and is commonly used by Women to whiten Tiffanies […]"
- 1 A northern English surname.
- 2 A female given name transferred from the surname.
""That's her real name, you know. I mean, a lot of girls working the topless joints, they take exotic, sexy names...well, Tiffany Carter, for example...but that was the name Tracy was born with.""
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More examples"Osgood filled Cleveholm with trophy animal heads, Tiffany lamps, ruby velvet drapes, and imported leather wall coverings."
Etymology
From Old French Tifinie, Tiphanie, from Latin Theophania (“Epiphany”), from Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-, “god”) (combining form of θεός (theós, “god”)) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”). Doublet of theophany. The given name (from circa 12th century) was usually given to girls born at Epiphany. The surname (from late 13th century) is a dialectal variant of the surname Tiffin, which derives from the given name variant Tiffania. In modern times, the given name has been (re)popularized by the surname borne by Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of jewelry company Tiffany & Co.
From an Anglo-Norman common name for the festival of the Epiphany. See Tiffany.
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