Lalage

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    ""What's her name?" "Lalage." She pronounced it as a dactyl, the g hard. Still she could not raise her eyes. " Mr Rossetti approached me one day in the street. […] He himself proposed the name. He is her godfather." She murmured, "I know it is strange.""

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""What's her name?" "Lalage." She pronounced it as a dactyl, the g hard. Still she could not raise her eyes. " Mr Rossetti approached me one day in the street. […] He himself proposed the name. He is her godfather." She murmured, "I know it is strange.""

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λᾰλᾰγή (lălăgḗ, “to prattle”).

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