Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)A meadow.

More definitions
  • English film actress (1913-1967)

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Leigh and Laurie will do makeup.

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  2. Leigh will go to the shopping centre with Laurie.

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Origin

From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”) from Old English lēah (“clea

From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”) from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch (“meadow”), Old Saxon lōh (“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo (suffix forming place names)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse ló (“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo.

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Forms

plural: leighs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
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See also

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