Olive
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Etymology [edit]
Medieval form of the Latin saint's name Oliva "olive"; revived in the 19th century when flower and plant names became fashionable.
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Olive
- A female given name.
- 1842 Alfred Tennyson, The Talking Oak:
- And hear me swear a solemn oath, / That only by thy side / Will I to Olive plight my troth, / And gain her for my bride.
- 2006 Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0701179899, pages 227-228:
- There was Olive, a soft drowsy girl who didn't like me because I called her Olive Oyl. Even after I was made to apologize she didn't like me.
- 1842 Alfred Tennyson, The Talking Oak:
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Noun [edit]
Olive f (genitive Olive, plural Oliven)
- olive (fruit)
