Molly

See also: molly

English

Alternative forms

• Mollie

Etymology

From Moll, diminutive lambdacism of Mary +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.li/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒli, (General American) -ɑli

Proper noun

Molly

1. A diminutive of Mary or, less often, Margaret.
   • 1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 6, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC:

     "My name's Molly. It is an old-fashioned name, and I was christened Mary. But Papa likes Molly."
     "That's right. Keep to the good old fashions, dear."
     "Well, I must say I think Mary is prettier than Molly, and quite as old a name, too," said Mrs Hamley.
     "I think it was," said Molly, lowering her voice, and dropping her eyes, "because mamma was Mary, and I was called Molly when she lived."

   • 1928, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 1, in Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories:

     But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy" which is quite easy to say.

2. A female given name from Hebrew.

Descendants

• → Irish: Mallaidh
• → Swedish: Molly

Noun

Molly (countable and uncountable, plural Mollies)

1. (Canada, US, slang, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of molly: the crystalline or powdered form of MDMA.
2. (historical) A Molly Maguire.

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Molly m (strong, genitive Mollys, plural Mollys)

1. (slang) ecstasy, molly, mandy (the drug MDMA)

Declension

Declension of Molly [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Molly	die	Mollys
genitive	eines	des	Mollys	der	Mollys
dative	einem	dem	Molly	den	Mollys
accusative	einen	den	Molly	die	Mollys

Further reading

• “Molly” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

Etymology

From English Molly. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1806.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Molly c (genitive Mollys)

1. a female given name