Gussie

American  

[guhs-ee] / ˈgʌs i /

Or Gussy

noun

1. a female given name, form of Augusta.

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Example Sentences

My favorite comes in an exchange with the soupy Madeline Bassett in “The Code of the Woosters,” when Bertie comes up with a quote he heard from Jeeves, actually the title of a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, to describe his friend Gussie Fink-Nottle as “a sensitive plant.”

From Los Angeles Times

She won a featured actress award for that last one, with her irrepressible turn as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins, a schemer with a heart that stays gold.

From New York Times

Young won for best featured actress in a play for her performance as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins in the revival of Ossie Davis’s satire “Purlie Victorious.”

From New York Times

Brown plays Gussie Carnegie, a Broadway diva married to self-centered writer Frank Shepard.

From Seattle Times

The new revival directed by Maria Friedman has been cheered for its ability to hone in on the sadness and regrets in the story, and Brown’s Gussie digs deep to show the woman’s tortured soul, usually portrayed as merely avaricious.

From Seattle Times