Lucy

¹

[loo-see]

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.

Lucy

²

Or Lu·ci

[loo-see]

noun

1. a female given name.

Lucy

/ ˈluːsɪ /

noun

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

Lucy

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lucy¹

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

Seven weeks ago the prime minister sacked Lucy Powell from his cabinet.

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"We used to say 'she was in Labour and she voted for Labour'," Lucy Powell told the Political Thinking podcast.

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Apple’s “The Studio”—think “I Love Lucy” in a Hollywood executive suite—may not be exactly CGI free.

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On the losing chess team, Jonathan, Kate, Nick and Lucy are now up for murder.

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"She doesn't like us does she," noted comedian Lucy Beaumont.

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