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Jessie
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- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Jessica.
- 2 A female given name.
- 3 A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Jesse. US, pronunciation-spelling
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of jessie: a cowardly, effeminate, or homosexual man, a girly man. alt-of
- 2 Synonym of sissy: a cowardly, effeminate, or homosexual man, a girly man. colloquial, dated
Etymology
From Jess + -ie.
A hypochoristic form of Jane, Jean, etc., possibly under the influence of lassie or -ess and -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
A hypochoristic form of Jane, Jean, etc., possibly under the influence of lassie or -ess and -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
From Jess or Jesse + -ie, from Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai).
From Jessie as a diminutive of Jane, Jean, etc., here used in their extended sense of any young working-class girl.
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