Melissa

Etymology
From the μέλισσα (mélissa), meaning "bee", "honey", "honeybee".
 * In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maoilíosa "servant of Jesus".

Proper noun

 * 1)  Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
 * 2) . Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.

Quotations

 * 1596 Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene. Book 6, Canto XII:
 * And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight
 * Appointed to attend her dewly day and night
 * 1841 Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop. Chapman and Hall 1841. page 123:
 * Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest.
 * 1959 Nicholas Blake: The Widow's Cruise. page 9:
 * - - - by Mrs. Melissa Blaydon and Miss Ianthe Ambrose.
 * "Well, they may be sisters," said Nigel. "Those elegant, classical Christian names suggest one father.

Translations

 * Albanian: Meljisa
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Anagrams

 * aimless

Proper noun

 * , cognate to Melissa.

Proper noun

 * , cognate to Melissa.

Proper noun

 * , cognate to Melissa.

Anagrams

 * limasse
 * messali

Proper noun

 * , cognate to Melissa.

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