Ophelia
[oh-feel-yuh]
- a female given name.
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Examples from the Web for ophelia
Contemporary Examples
Ophelia Horton has been on our radar since 2012, when her blog made headlines around the world.
Kate Winslet delivered a haunting performance as Ophelia in the 1996 Hamlet.
Ophelia hoists up two bags of toys at the foot of the bed, explaining each is used for a different entrance.
But what tips would established fashion writers give Ophelia?
For her part, Ophelia handed over the task of biographer to Sturrock, and is a prominent social justice and health-care advocate.
Historical Examples
Poor Ophelia could scarce have been sadder than we feel, Douw, at your going.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
What Ophelia said was: 'There's rosemary, that's for remembrance.
StoryologyBenjamin Taylor
The funeral of a rich person was to them what the funeral of Alcestis or Ophelia is to the educated.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
His conduct to Ophelia is quite natural in his circumstances.
The arch of her beautiful eyebrows was like that of Ophelia in her bitterest moment.
Wayside CourtshipsHamlin Garland
Word Origin and History for ophelia
Ophelia
fem. proper name, from Greek opheleia "help, aid," from ophelein "to help, aid, assist," ophelos "advantage, help," from PIE root *obhel- "to avail" (cf. Armenian avelum).
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