• Lalage

    Alternative forms

    Origin

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

    Full definition of Lalage

    Proper noun

    Lalage

    (plural Lalages)
    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.

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