Lalage

Alternative forms

• Lallage

Origin

Ancient Greek λαλαγέω (lalageō, "to prattle").

Full definition of Lalage

Proper noun

1. .
• 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Penguin 1981, ISBN 0451135989, page 359:"What's her name?""Lalage." She pronounced it as a dactyl, the g hard. Still she could not raise her eyes. " Mr Rossetti approached me one day in the street. - - - He himself proposed the name. He is her godfather." She murmured, "I know it is strange."

Usage notes

Used in poetry and literature, but rare in the real world.