Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life.
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| nellies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
From the woman's name Nelly.
Some of the nelliest boys unable to get or keep a job, some of the toughest girls breaking their bodies trying to do men's work.2012, Lee Lynch, The Raid:
From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer.1979 April 21, Greg Jackson, “He Looks Like Tarzan But He Talks Like Jane”, in Gay Community News, page 17:
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| nelliest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| nellier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
From the woman's name Nelly.
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| nellies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
high-nelly · nice-nelly · nervous-nelly · high nelly · wet nelly · nervous nelly
northern giant petrel (petrel) · southern giant petrel (petrel) · southern giant fulmar (petrel) · Antarctic giant petrel (petrel)
cs buřňák (petrel) · de Riesensturmvogel (petrel)