Nell
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /nɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
- Homophone: knell
Proper noun
Nell
- A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen and Helen.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):: Act i, Scene 2:
- O Nell, sweet Nell, if thou does love thy lord,
- Banish the canker of ambitious thoughts;