Phyllis

[fil-is]

noun

1. a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.

2. Also Phyliss. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “green leaf.”

Example Sentences

Finebaum has interviewed every important player and coach in the SEC for years, but none of them compare to the Alabama fan Phyllis from Mulga.

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The building in Phyllis Avenue, Peacehaven, was badly damaged by the fire at about 21:50 BST on Saturday.

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Justice Beale further described Patterson's current jail conditions in a female maximum security prison - the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne - where she spends 22 hours a day in her cell with no contact with other inmates due to her "major offender status".

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Fire crews were called to the mosque on Phyllis Avenue in Peacehaven at around 21:50 BST on Saturday evening.

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The author reprises a star character from “These Truths,” the charismatic anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly, who led the charge against the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and ’80s: “On television, she was unbeatable. She was smart and relentlessly strategic. In her newsletter, and to conservative audiences, she denounced her opponents with precision and delight. To television audiences, she sold happiness and contentment like so much laundry detergent.”

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