Wendy

//ˈwɪndi// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wuss; someone who is particularly cowardly. British, derogatory, slang

    "Toughen up, you big wendy."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.

    ""What's your name?" he asked. "Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction. "What is your name?" "Peter Pan.""

Example

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"It is true Wendy grew up at the seaside, but she isn't a good swimmer."

Etymology

Popularized by the character in J. M. Barrie's play, Peter Pan (1904) (though occasionally found earlier; the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child. Alternatively, from a diminutive of the Welsh Gwendolen; or from Wendelin, a diminutive of Wendel. A habitational forename meaning, "island at the river bend", from Old English wende (“watercourse with a bend”) + ēġ (“island”).

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