Lucy

[loo-see]

noun

the incomplete skeletal remains of a female hominid found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis.

Origin of Lucy

after the Beatles' song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” a tape of which was played in the discoverers' camp during the expedition

Lucy

or Lu·ci

[loo-see]

noun

a female given name.

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Contemporary Examples of lucy

The film will also star Pam Grier, Michael Richards (of Seinfeld), Peter Bogdanovich, and, he says, “hopefully Lucy Liu.”
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Upon his return, she unpacked his bag and discovered love letters between him and her social secretary, Lucy Mercer.
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In the midst of this rampage, I found myself talking with Lucy Big Lake.
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Lucy can control matter, and all the rules of existence are abolished.
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Teo Bugbee
July 29, 2014
When Lucy is demonstrating her power to the audience, it is through violence toward these (brown) men.
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Teo Bugbee
July 29, 2014

Historical Examples of lucy

Lucy is the justice's daughter in Miss Edgeworth's little chamber-drama.
De Libris: Prose and Verse
Austin Dobson
So she, following the example of Lucy, wished to sell everything that she might give.
The Dream
Emile Zola
It was then that Lucy Ann took a brief draught of the cup of peace.
Tiverton Tales
Alice Brown
It was done, and Lucy Ann looked at herself with a smile all suffused by love and longing.
Tiverton Tales
Alice Brown
"I'll pack away my own clo'es to-morrer," said Lucy Ann to herself.
Tiverton Tales
Alice Brown

British Dictionary definitions for lucy

Lucy

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for lucy

Lucy

fem. proper name, from French Lucie, from Latin Lucia, fem. of Lucius (see Lucian).

lucy in Culture

Lucy

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.