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  Nye

  noun

  Edgar Wilson Bill Nye, 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
• nye
  nye

  noun

  a flock of pheasants

Nye

American  

[nahy] / naɪ /

noun

1. Edgar Wilson Bill Nye, 1850–96, U.S. humorist.

2. a male given name, form of Aneurin.

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nye British  

/ naɪ /

noun

1. Also called: nide.   eye.  a flock of pheasants

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Etymology

Origin of nye

C15: from Old French ni, from Latin nīdus nest

Example Sentences

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Nye said: "He would call her every day. Without fail."

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Almendarez did reach out to an expert by asking Nye, who has decades of experience educating the public about what is and isn’t science.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Ward Nye has served as chief executive officer of Martin Marietta since 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Martin Marietta’s CEO, Ward Nye, pointed out in its statement that the business has “aggregate-like characteristics.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

But Nye, in pursuit of the narrative, raced his pen, and Church, lazily slamming a shut hand against an open palm, said nothing—until suddenly he said.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

A day before New Year’s Eve, she posted on Twitter: “wdym i have to call the restaurants?? pls no i’d rather cook all day for nye than make phone calls.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

The vowels are magnificently mangled, so that “How now, brown cow” sounds like “Hye nye, brine kye.”

From Newsweek ● Jul. 11, 2011

Methynke, alas, that I must be gone To make my rekenynge, and my dettes paye; For I se my tyme is nye spent awaye.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Ekene nke udo—ezigbo nwanne m nye m aka gi.”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But when the appointed day was come,145 No helpe appeared nye; Then woeful woeful was her hart, And the teares stood in her eye.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various