Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, US, derogatory, offensive, slang)An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.

More definitions
  • a city in northeastern France in Lorraine

Origin

From Nancy, pet form of the female given names Agnes and Anne, under influence from earlie

From Nancy, pet form of the female given names Agnes and Anne, under influence from earlier nan (“serving girl, maid; male homosexual”), itself from Nan, another pet form of the same names. Compare Mary.

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Forms

plural: nancies / nancys
Singularnancy
Pluralnancies / nancys

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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