sophy
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Sophy¹
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Ancient Greek; see Sophia.
proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given name Sophia. I knew Sophy was a good girl, and would not fall in love to make me angry.
Sophy²
- /ˈsəʊfi/ UK
Where it comes from
A corruption of Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy), the nisba indicating the dynasty's descent from Safi ad-Din al-Ardabili.
Cognate with Middle French Sophi, New Latin Sophi, Sophus, Italian sofì, Spanish sofí.
Not related to Sufi.
Spellings possibly influenced by the name Sophia.
noun Sophies · Sofee · Soffi · Sofi · Sophi · Sophia
- Archaic form of Safawi (“a member of the Safavid dynasty”). The great tent on the lawn, wherein presently we are to sup,—blue and yellow without, and within all braveries of tapestry and of table service,—suggests a state pavilion of the Sophy camped for glittering war.
sophy³
- /ˈsɒfi/ UK
Where it comes from
From the Middle English sophie, from the Latin sophia, from the Ancient Greek σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophĭ́ā, “high knowledge”: “learning”, “wisdom”); compare Sophia.
noun sophie
- wisdom, knowledge, learning It had ben) beter to haue kepte the same sophie
sophy⁴
- /ˈsəʊfi/ UK
Where it comes from
See Sophy.
noun sophies
- Alternative letter-case form of Sophy (“archaic form of Safawi”). Now it is high heaking time, and bee the windes neuer so eaſterly aduerſe and the tyde fled from vs, wee must violently towe and hale in our redoubtable Sophy, of the floating kingdom of Piſces, whome ſo much as by name I ſhoulde not haue acknowledged, had it not beene that I muſed, how Yarmouth ſho
sophy⁵
- /ˈsɒfi/ UK
Where it comes from
A back-formation from sophies, originally plurale tantum, but later attested in singular use (see the 1678 quotation), itself an irregular Anglicisation of the Latin sophī, whence the English sophi; compare sophy.
noun sophies
- A wise man; a sage. Yet notwithstanding some men in sundrie nations have mounted above the common rate, and indevored to cherish and advaunce the said Insights, and drawen some small sparkes of truth and wisedome out of them, as out of some little fire raked up under a great heape of ashes; the which they have afterwar
sophy⁶
Where it comes from
An irregular Anglicisation of sophi; compare sophy ³.
noun
- Obsolete spelling of sophi Hange thy selfe Drusus, hast nor arms nor brain? Some Sophy say, The Gods sell all for paine.
sophy⁷
- /ˈsɒfɪ/ UK
Where it comes from
From the common termination of the class of words denoted (e.g., philosophy, theosophy, etc.); compare the earlier ology and ism, and the later logy and osophy.
noun sophies
- Any one of the various fields of study whose names end in -sophy. The various sophy’s — cosmosophy, kerdosophy.
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