Nerissa
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Shakespeare for The Merchant of Venice, apparently from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs, “sea-nymph”).
Proper noun edit
Nerissa
- A female given name from Ancient Greek
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
- Well, while I live, I’ll fear no other thing
So sore as keeping safe Nerissa’s ring.
- 1958, The Literary Review, volume 2, page 188:
- When Nerissa saw the worm her immediate reaction was to kill, for she disliked its sliminess and crawlingness.