Lucy

¹ 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 ² American  

[loo-see] / ˈlu si /

Or Luci

noun

1. a female given name.

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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

Just as special as the loan of the paper itself is the way visitors have enjoyed thinking about what they would put in a declaration of their own, says museum director Lucy Littlewood.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

They include deputy leader of the Labour Party Lucy Powell and former transport secretary Louise Haigh, who managed his campaign during the Makerfield by-election.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Lucy Matthews drives a 1994 Jeep Wrangler that doesn’t have air conditioning, roars as loud as a tractor and absolutely guzzles gasoline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Seismologist Lucy Jones has a narrower definition, in which there are two earthquakes in the same seismic sequence within 0.4 units of magnitude of each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

“My grandmother Lucy says a lady doesn’t climb rocks after a certain age. She says my mother would be scandalized to think of me climbing rocks or playing kickball in my school dresses at recess!”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles