Phyllis
[ fil-is ]
noun
a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.
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 VaizeyDo our modern lovers sing such dainty serenades as Spenser and Sidney sang to their Phyllises?
Letters of Peregrine Pickle | George P. Upton
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