Addy
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Pronunciation edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Diminutive forms with -y.
Alternative forms edit
Proper noun edit
- A diminutive of the female given names Adelaide, Adeline, Adrienne, or Addison, from the Germanic languages or French or transferred from the surname.
- 2009, J. Scott Romig, The Lookout Tree, Author House, →ISBN, page 1:
- My name is Addison Jane Dawson, but you can call me Addy; everyone else does.
- A diminutive of the male given name Adam, from Hebrew.
- 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Adam Bede/Chapter I”, in Adam Bede […], volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
- "Let be, Addy, let be. Ben will be joking. Why, he's i' the right to laugh at me--I canna help laughing at myself." "I shan't loose him till he promises to let the door alone," said Adam.
- A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Adam.
Etymology 2 edit
From the brand name Adderall + -y.
Noun edit
Addy (countable and uncountable, plural Addies)
- Alternative form of Addie (“Adderall”).