Dorothy
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdɒɹəθi/
- also IPA: /ˈdɔɹθi/, /ˈdɔɹəθi/, /ˈdɑɹəθi/
Origin
The English form of Latin Dorothea, the name of a legendary (and possibly fictitious) saint, from Ancient Greek ΔωÏοθÎα, from δῶÏον ("gift") + θεός ("god").
Full definition of Dorothy
Proper noun
Dorothy
(plural Dorothys)- .
- Shakespeare Henry 4-2: Act II, Scene IV:Pistol. Then to you, Mistress Dorothy; I will charge you.Doll Tearsheet. Charge me! I scorn you, scurvy companion.
- 1900 L. Frank Baum, , Chapter 3:"My name is Dorothy," said the girl, " and I am going to the Emerald City to ask the Great Oz to send me back to Kansas."
- 1990 Russell Baker, There's a Country in My Cellar, Morrow, ISBN 0688095984, page 418:Don't you think the world has gone steadily downhill ever since parents stopped naming their children Lucy and Dorothy and started naming them Samantha?