Sophy

[ soh-fee, sof-ee ]

noun,plural So·phies.(sometimes lowercase)
  1. any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.

Origin of Sophy

1
First recorded in 1530–40; probably <Turkish sofi, from Persian ṣūfī Sufi, by association with Safawī “a member of the Safavid dynasty”
  • Also So·phi .

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Other definitions for -sophy (2 of 2)

-sophy

  1. a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (philosophy; theosophy); on this model used, with the meaning “science of,” in the formation of compound words: anthroposophy.

Origin of -sophy

2
<Greek -sophia, combining form of sophía skill, wisdom; see -y3

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How to use Sophy in a sentence

  • Sophy Soapstone had blue eyes, too, and two neat little pigtails down her back.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
  • As it happened, in the present generation of Brodricks, not one of them had done what was expected of them, except Sophy.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • Jane knew that the eyes of the two women were on her, searching her, and that Sophy's eyes were not altogether kind.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • "Not you," said Sophy almost fiercely, as she carried the little thing away to his bed beside her own.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • Jane discovered in Sophy and in Frances an undercurrent of positive affection that set from her child to her.

    The Creators | May Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for Sophy (1 of 2)

Sophy

Sophi

/ (ˈsəʊfɪ) /


nounplural -phies
  1. (formerly) a title of the Persian monarchs

Origin of Sophy

1
C16: from Latin sophī wise men, from Greek sophos wise

British Dictionary definitions for -sophy (2 of 2)

-sophy

n combining form
  1. indicating knowledge or an intellectual system: philosophy; theosophy

Origin of -sophy

2
from Greek -sophia, from sophia wisdom, from sophos wise

Derived forms of -sophy

  • -sophic or -sophical, adj combining form

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