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lucy | lucky |

As a proper noun Lucy

is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}.

As a noun lucy

is the pike (a kind of fish).

As an adjective lucky is

favoured by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune. Said of persons.

lucy

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Lucy) (en proper noun)
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  • * : V:iv:9:
    • Then did my younger brother Amidas / Love that same other Damzell, Lucy bright,/ To whom but little dowre allotted was;/ Her vertue was the dowre, that did delight.
  • * 1798 William Wordsworth: She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways :
    • She lived unknown, and few would know / When Lucy ceased to be;/ But she is in her grave, and, oh,/ The difference to me!
  • * 1830 , Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
    • But certainly there are some names which seem to belong to particular classes of character, to form the mind and even influence the destiny: Louisa, now; - is not your Louisa necessarily a die-away damsel, who reads novels, and holds her head on one side, languishing and given to love! Is not Lucy a pretty soubrette , a wearer of cast gowns and cast smiles, smart and coquettish!
  • * 2009 Dora Raymond, Aunt Dora's Legacy , AuthorHouse, ISBN 1438980663, page 19 ( Lucy Who ):
    • Now we'll just use a fiction name / Lucy' that sounds nice / A name we can remember / Without repeating twice / / My name is so old fashioned / And they are very few / But some will have a puzzled look / And whisper ' Lucy who?
  • derived from place names in Normandy based on a male personal name, from Latin Lucius.
  • * : Act IV, Scene IV:
    • Here is Sir William Lucy , who with me / Set from our o'ermatch'd forces forth for aid.
  • The partial skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis , an early ancestor of human beings.

    • Related terms

    * variants: Lucia, Luci, Lucile, Lucille * male given names: Lucius, Lucian

    lucky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Favoured by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune. Said of persons.
    • a lucky adventurer
    The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
  • Producing, or resulting in, good chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate.
    • a lucky mistake
    a lucky cast
    a lucky hour

    Quotations

    * 1989 , Howard Ashman, “Under the Sea”, The Little Mermaid , Walt Disney Feature Animation *: They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate

    Synonyms

    * (favored by luck ): fortunate, successful * (producing or resulting in good chance ): auspicious, favorable/favourable, fortunate, fortuitous

    Derived terms

    * get lucky * lucky dip * lucky you * should be so lucky