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

“You have that sense of authenticity, like a friend is talking to you,” said Emma Briant, a professor at Notre Dame University’s Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society who studies propaganda.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

We’re tired of being Charlie Brown and Lucy with the football.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Decart’s two world models, known as Oasis and Lucy, have business applications in e-commerce, gaming, and robotics, among other fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy are both allies and would be likely to support Burnham if he were able to enter the race.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“Watch out, Frank—it’s that stick you’ve got. Lucy thinks that means you’re going to play fetch. That’s why she tackled you. I was wondering where she’d dropped that stick—we were playing with it earlier.”

From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon