Percy
A male person regarded as unmanly or weakA male person regarded as unmanly or weak; a sissy.
» Percy has been inquiring for you all morning.
Percy fragt schon den ganzen Morgen nach dir. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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4 senses(also, attributive, derogatory, slang)A male person regarded as unmanly or weak; a sissy.
(also, attributive, derogatory, historical, slang)A male conscientious objector.
(also, attributive, derogatory, slang)An educated soldier; specifically, an officer.
(Australia, UK, humorous, slang)Chiefly in point Percy at the porcelain: the penis.
- English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
- United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
Examples
6 sentencesPercy has been inquiring for you all morning.
dePercy fragt schon den ganzen Morgen nach dir. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Is there a Percy in your class?
"Shall I leave, Percy?" she asked. He clutched her hand to detain her.
Percy is to marry my sister Annie.
The English poet Percy Shelley went so far as to call hell a city much like London.
Origin
Proper noun senses 1 (surname) and 3 (place names) are derived from Norman Percy (“a baronProper noun senses 1 (surname) and 3 (place names) are derived from Norman Percy (“a baronial surname”), from Percy-en-Auge (“a place in Pays d’Auge, Normandy, France”, literally “Percy in Auge”), from Old French Perci, from Late Latin Persiacum, from Latin Persius (“a Gallo-Roman nomen gentile”), from Etruscan 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (persu); further etymology uncertain, possibly from 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”).
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