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Nessie colloq.|ˈnɛsɪ|
Also Nessy.
[f. Ness (see below) + -ie or -y6.]
A name for a monster or monsters supposedly inhabiting Loch Ness in northern Scotland. Cf. Loch Ness.
1945Sun (Baltimore) 25 June 2 ‘Nessie’, the unidentified Loch Ness monster which used to disport itself in those Scottish waters before the war..has reappeared, according to several women residents. 1960in T. Dinsdale Loch Ness Monster (1961) v. 76 According to substantiated reports, Nessie was seen a number of times last spring..and a few times in the autumn. 1968New Scientist 26 Dec. 729/1 The trouble with Nessie was that she became an immediate newspaper sensation. 1971Ibid. 10 June 641/2 Nessy has lost her mythical charm and has become the target of serious-minded technocrats. 1974People's Jrnl. (Inverness & Northern Counties ed.) 29 June 2/6 They sighted Nessie as they returned from a delivery at Inverfarigaig. 1975Nature 11 Dec. 467/3 Should the Nessies wish to breathe quite frequently, they would not be detected easily if the nostrils were at the topmost point to break surface. |