abby
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Abby¹
- /ˈæb.i/
Sounds like abbey · Rhymes with -æbi
proper noun Abbys · Abbe · Abbey · Abbi · Abbie · Abi
- A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew, also used as a formal given name. "I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine fr
- A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
Abby²
- /ˈæb.i/
Sounds like abbey · Rhymes with -æbi
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A clipping of the word.
noun Abbe · Abbey · Abbi · Abbie · Abi · Abbee
- The Abyssinian cat.
abby³
noun abbies
- Obsolete spelling of abbey
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: abi, abbie, angela, anne, abe, okay, abu, abs, priory, cloister, convent, monastery, friary, minster, shrine, oratory
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title = {abby},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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