Nessie en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈnɛsi/
Etymology
From Ness + -ie.
Meanings
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(informal) The Loch Ness monster.
And if it comes down to just one vote, we all know who will be called upon to break that tie. Go with your gut, Nessie. You do you, Nessie, you do you.
2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:That flurry of activity had been set off by a magisterial book (Whyte, 1957), reinforced by Dinsdale’s filming of a Nessie (Dinsdale, 1961) and culminating in successful underwater photography (Rines et al., 1976) by the Academy of Applied Science (AAS). Nessies were assigned the taxonomic identity Nessiteras rhombopteryx (Anonymous, 1975).
2002, Henry H. B. Auer, “The Case for the Loch Ness 'Monster': The Scientific Evidence”, in Journal of Scientific Exploration, volume 16, number 2, pages 225–246:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nessies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
ru Не́сси (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) · cs Lochnesská příšera (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) · de Nessie (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) · da Nessie (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) · ja ネッシー (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) · fr Nessie (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) · cs Nessie (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) · cs Lochneska (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) · gd Niseag (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) · pl Nessie (nickname for the Loch Ness monster)