cicely

¹ American  

[sis-uh-lee] / ˈsɪs ə li /

noun

plural

cicelies

1. a plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, having a fragrant aroma and sometimes used as a potherb.

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Cicely ² American  

[sis-uh-lee] / ˈsɪs ə li /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Cecilia.

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cicely British  

/ ˈsɪsəlɪ /

noun

1. short for sweet cicely

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Etymology

Origin of cicely

1590–1600; < Latin seseli < Greek séselis, séseli hartwort, respelling through influence of proper name Cicely

Example Sentences

Cicely Tyson, one of Whitten’s best friends, shaved her head and emceed the opening fashion show, held beneath a tent in the back parking lot.

From Los Angeles Times

Specialized care for the dying was introduced to the U.S. in 1963, when Yale University’s then dean Florence Wald invited Dame Cicely Saunders of the U.K. to participate in a visiting lecture at Yale.

From Salon

Still, the park service superintendent at the time, Cicely Muldoon, insisted the agency was committed to maintaining the ranches.

From Los Angeles Times

He joined an ensemble cast with Cicely Tyson in the off-Broadway production of Jean Genet’s “The Blacks” in 1961.

From Los Angeles Times

And there are the mass requiems, when Cicely Tyson died, when Aretha Franklin died, when Michael K. Williams died, when Harry Belafonte died, when there were riots going on after public killings, when Sly Stone reappeared with an autobiography and got some of his masters back in court, when Ye tweeted “everybody knows Get Out is about me” and made the Sunken Place a kind of headquarters for those too famous to be traced back to their civilian lives.

From Los Angeles Times