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Percy

Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːsi/

The English word “Percy” has 5 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.

noun

  1. A male person regarded as unmanly or weak; a sissy.
  2. A male conscientious objector.
  3. An educated soldier; specifically, an officer.
  4. Chiefly in point Percy at the porcelain: the penis.

Etymology

Proper 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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