lacey
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Lacey¹
proper noun Lacy · Laci · Lacie
- A Norman habitational surname from Old French from a place Lassy in Calvados.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly 19th century usage. "Where'd you get a prissy name like Lacey from, anyway?" "I don't know," Cash tells Alice, keeping his hands on the wheel and his eye trained ahead. "It was Alma thought of it. I think she liked the TV show with the lady cops. Lacey and somebody."
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage. Lacey Thrush died last night. Isn't that a name? Her mother was a Lacey. They were an old family here, but she was the last of the Laceys, and the Thrushes went on to California.
- A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.
- A city in Thurston County, Washington, formerly named Woodland.
lacey²
adjective lacier · laciest
- Alternative spelling of lacy Skirts of white muslin, with pretty frills and lacey trimmings that fall in soft folds and ruffles around one's feet, are mighty dainty things for the summer girl--but is there a colder sound than that of a starched white petticoat in the dead of winter?
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Closest in meaning: laci, lacy, lace, de lacey, delacy, laver, lucy, lagace, latty, lassalle, lacombe, lajoie, lalonde, lague, lachney, landon
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