Bessie

English

Etymology

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English Bess

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English -ie

English Bessie

From Bess + -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛsi/
• Rhymes: -ɛsi

Proper noun

Bessie

1. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth, also used as a formal female given name.
   • 1872, Julia Kavanagh, Bessie, page 255:

     Bessie - I beg your pardon, but I do so like the name 'Bessie'; and the best is, that you always say these pretty things as if you meant them.

   • 1907, Grace Livingston Hill, The Girl from Montana, BiblioBazaar,LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 139:

     "Dear Bessie - " Elizabeth had never asked her not to call her that, although she fairly detested the name. But still it had been her mother's name, and was likely dear to her grandmother. It seemed disloyalty to her mother to suggest that she be called "Elizabeth".

2. (cryptozoology) A lake monster supposed to exist in Lake Erie in the United States.
3. A town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States.

Related terms

• Bessy

Further reading

• Bessie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bessie (lake monster) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bessie, Oklahoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Tagalog

Etymology

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English Bess

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English -ie

English Bessiebor.

Tagalog Bessie

Borrowed from English Bessie.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbesi/ [ˈbɛː.sɪ]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Syllabification: Be‧ssie

Proper noun

Bessie (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ)

1. a female given name from English