Lacey
adj, name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of lacy. alt-of, alternative
"Skirts of white muslin, with pretty frills and lacey trimmings that fall in soft folds and ruffles around one's feet, are mighty dainty things for the summer girl--but is there a colder sound than that of a starched white petticoat in the dead of winter?"
- 1 A Norman habitational surname from Old French from a place Lassy in Calvados.
- 2 A unisex given name transferred from the surname.; A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly 19th century usage.
""Where'd you get a prissy name like Lacey from, anyway?" "I don't know," Cash tells Alice, keeping his hands on the wheel and his eye trained ahead. "It was Alma thought of it. I think she liked the TV show with the lady cops. Lacey and somebody.""
- 3 A unisex given name transferred from the surname.; A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
"Lacey Thrush died last night. Isn't that a name? Her mother was a Lacey. They were an old family here, but she was the last of the Laceys, and the Thrushes went on to California."
- 4 A placename; A township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
- 5 A placename; A city in Thurston County, Washington, United States, formerly named Woodland.
Example
More examples"NGOs hope to distribute millions of clean stoves around the world this year, according to Lacey, making a sizeable dent in the estimated 100 million cookstoves that are used globally."
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