Lucy

¹ American  

[loo-see] / ˈlu si /

Or Luci

noun

1. a female given name.

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Lucy ² American  

[loo-see] / ˈlu si /

noun

1. the incomplete skeletal remains of a female hominin found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis: she has been dated at about 3.2 million years of age.

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Lucy British  

/ ˈluːsɪ /

noun

1. Saint. died ?303 _ad , a virgin martyred by Diocletian in Syracuse. Feast day: Dec 13

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Lucy Cultural  

1. Nickname for one of the most complete skeletons of an early ancestor of humans ever found. Discovered in Ethiopia by Don Johanson, Tim White, and Tom Gray, Lucy lived approximately three million years ago. She walked upright, and anthropologists estimate that she was about twenty years old when she died. Lucy is considered one of the great finds of anthropology.

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Etymology

Origin of Lucy

First recorded in 1970–75; after the Beatles' song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (released in 1967), a tape of which was played in the discoverers' camp during the expedition

Example Sentences

Lucy Haine, chair of the Soho Society, which has campaigned to protect the distinctive character of the area, is backing "the fight to keep this iconic London restaurant open and trading for future generations".

From BBC

"I'm reminded of the famous 'Lucy' fossil, one of our hominid ancestors that lived 3 million years ago and was one of the key 'missing links' between apes and humans," he said.

From Science Daily

Lucy from East Sussex is currently on holiday in Lanzarote with her husband and their three children.

From BBC

In the 1780s Thomas Jefferson was serving as a diplomat in France when the Marquis de Lafayette brought him a message of unwelcome news from Virginia: His young daughter Lucy had died of whooping cough.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lucy Letby will face no new criminal charges over baby deaths and collapses at hospitals where she worked.

From BBC