wendy

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A female given name

What's your name? he asked. Wendy Moira Angela Darling, she replied with some relish. What is your name? Peter Pan..

A wuss; someone who is particularly cowardly

Toughen up, you big wendy.

given name, female

{i} female first name (form of Gwendolyn); family name

one of the children visited by Peter Pan in the children's story Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie. The name Wendy was invented by Barrie

Связанные Термины

Wendy house

A toy house in which children can play

Wendy houses

plural form of Wendy house

Wendy Wasserstein

born Oct. 18, 1950, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. U.S. playwright. Wasserstein earned a graduate degree at the Yale School of Drama. She won favourable notice for Uncommon Women and Others (1977), which was followed by Isn't It Romantic (1981) and The Heidi Chronicles (1988, Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize), and she became noted for her comic gift and her portrayals of single women. Her later plays include The Sisters Rosensweig (1992)

Wendy house

A Wendy house is a small toy house for a child to play in. a toy house that children can play inside American Equivalent: playhouse

Турецкое произношение

wendi

Произношение

/ˈwendē/ /ˈwɛndiː/

Этимология

() From a character in J.M. Barrie's book, Peter Pan (1904); the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child.