Patricia

Definitions

A female given name from Latin.

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Examples

“"[…] Our house is not of the era of Queen Isabella, but of the Princess Patricia." "That sounds like⟳ Aunt Isabel. They always called me Patricia there. Don't you think⟳, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name⟳." "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield. "If you want⟳ to be called Patricia, you must get⟳ somebody else to do it. I dare say⟳ you could hire⟳ somebody for a small sum per week to call⟳ you Patricia for a given number⟳ of times every day." "Now, you're making fun of me, papa; but I do want⟳ to grow⟳ up dignified, and not be a silly schoolgirl all my life."”

“"Trix" was a derivation of Trish, our mother's girlhood name⟳, or cognomen, as she called it; Trish was itself a derivation of Patricia. Trix disliked her original name⟳ because she thought it prissy and old-fashioned, but she didn't much like⟳ "Trix" either.”

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