Lynette

//lɪˈnɛt// name

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Definitions

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  1. 1
    A female given name from Welsh.

    "'My name?' she said - 'Lynette, my name; noble; my need, a knight,"

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misdemeanour

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"A chandelier shaped like a basketball net, by American artist David Hammons, a slow-burning wax replica of a 16th century sculpture aimed to melt completely in six months, the works of Chinese-born painter Xinyi Cheng and British artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye — the Pinault Collection is an eclectic mix of contemporary art."

Etymology

Anglicized form of Welsh Eluned, first used by Tennyson in the Idylls of the King(1859-85), altered by folk etymology to be Lynn + -ette.

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