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单词 nancy-pretty
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nancy-prettyn.

Brit. /nansɪˈprɪti/, U.S. /ˌnænsiˈprɪdi/, Scottish English /nansɪˈprɪtɪ/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: none-so-pretty n.
Etymology: Alteration of none-so-pretty n. after Nancy, pet form of the female forenames Anne and Agnes (see nancy n.). Sc. National Dict. (1965) at nansy records the reversed form pretty nansy.
Scottish and English regional (northern).
The plant London pride, Saxifraga × urbium.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > saxifrage flowers
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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Nancy-pretty, London Pride, a flower.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Nancy-pretty, a corruption of none so pretty, London Pride or Princes Feather.
1863 J. Hamilton Poems & Ess. 60 Again my flower treasures I see in their prime: Nancy-pretty, sweet willy, white lilies and thyme.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 58/1 Nancy-pretty, the lesser London Pride.
1897 J. Wright Scenes Sc. Life 59 Appleringie, speeriment, tailors' garters, and nancy-pretty.
1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. Nancy-pretty, Sc. Nhb. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Som. Dev... The London pride, Saxifraga umbrosa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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