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Definition of Nellie
1. Proper noun. A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor and Helen. Popular as a formal given name at the turn of the 20th century. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nellie
1. an effeminate male [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nellie
Literary usage of Nellie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"Perhaps not," assented nellie, sagaciously ; she was leading the way to a change
of subject ; she was devising a new approach. " After all, I fancy that her ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1890)
"nellie CUSTIS. ON the library mantelpiece, in the home of General Lee (in ...
This Daniel Parke was the ancestor of nellie Custis, in whose baptismal name ..."
3. The Quiver: An Illustrated Magazine for Sunday and General Reading (1872)
"nellie tried to speak, bnt the words died away ; upon her lips, ... nellie did
not speak for a moment, I think she was trying to ask God to help her, ..."
4. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1869)
"'•Mrs. Bernard says nellie is here, and I am afraid hur husband is at the Chase.
... I'm not afraid for you, nellie. Do you remember the old French motto, ..."
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