Nell
See also: nell, nell', and nel'l'
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /nɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
- Homophone: knell
Proper noun
Nell
- A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen and Helen.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):: Act i, Scene 2:
- O Nell, sweet Nell, if thou does love thy lord,
- Banish the canker of ambitious thoughts;
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Derived terms
- Nellie
- Nelly