Serena
name, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Obsolete form of serene (“fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset”, noun). alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
"Fie, fie, was euer poore fellow so farre benighted in an old wiues tale of diuells and vrchins. Out vpon it, I am wearie of it, for it hath caused such a thicke fulsome Serena to descend on my braine, that now my penne makes blots as broad as a furd stomacher, and my muse inspyres me to put out my candle and goe to bed:[…]"
- 1 A female given name from Latin.
"Of which whilest they discoursed both together, / The faire Serena (so his lady hight)"
Example
More examples"After struggling in the first-round of the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne earlier this week, women's top-seed Serena Williams had an easier time in round two."
Etymology
From Italian serena, feminine of sereno. Compare Spanish serena (“dew”).
From the name of an early Christian saint, Latin serena (“serene”).
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