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.”

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How to use Phyllis in a sentence

  • One meets so many Gladyses and Phyllises, but so seldom a Celia.

    What a Man Wills | Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • Do our modern lovers sing such dainty serenades as Spenser and Sidney sang to their Phyllises?

    Letters of Peregrine Pickle | George P. Upton