Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An award given annually since 1984 by the Dance Theater Workshop in New York City for achievement in dance and the performing arts.
Wiktionary
- n. A diminutive of Elizabeth, also used as a formal female given name.
- n. Bessie, a lake monster supposed to exist in Lake Erie in the United States.
Etymologies
- After Bessie Schönberg (1906-1997), German-born American dance teacher. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“She became my responsibility and I called her Bessie!”
“Katie had never before heard her mother called Bessie, and had never seen anything approaching in size or colour to such a nose, consequently she ran away frightened.”
“She went out, to return in a few moments with a girl whom she called Bessie, explaining to her my need of proper clothes for the house.”
“There was a determined note in Bessie's voice that she had never heard there before.”
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire
“There were tears in Bessie's eyes as she said good-bye.”
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire
“Everyone was delighted, Eleanor Mercer most of all, because she had had real faith in Bessie, and it was a triumph for her to know that her faith had not been misplaced.”
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire
“He had liked Bessie from the start and now he adored her.”
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire
“It was but mild fun to play theatre in Bessie Finklestein's back yard, even if I had leading parts, which I made impressive by recitations in Russian, no word of which was intelligible to my audience.”
“The tears welled up in Bessie's brown eyes, and her lips were trembling.”
“There was tenderness and pity in the tone of his voice as he said the name Bessie, and the sick girl looked at him curiously, as if struggling to recall something in the far past; then a smile broke over her face and the lip quivered a little as she replied:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Bessie’.
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Stereotypical names for animals of pa...
Dobbin, Bessy, Bossy, Rex, Fido, Spot, Smokey, Daisy, Buttercup, Blackie, Tiddles, Leo and 24 more...
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Cow Names
The names of cows from literature, your little acre of heaven, your memory, or otherwise.
I am particularly fond of those in my memory that ended in "ie", such as Bossie and Bessie.
I a...Bossie, Bessie, Ferdinand, Milky-white, Flora, Abbie, Annabelle, Annie, Apple, Bertha, purple cow, Betsy and 75 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for Bessie.
reesetee It's a start.... Feb 18, 2011
ruzuzu Thank you for noticing that--I was actually trying to make a chart to see whether there was some way to connect the rooster in The Book of the Dun Cow to Kateri Tekakwitha, but it just came out looking something like this:
Phase 1: Rooster
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Prophet. Feb 18, 2011
reesetee Well, you did say "a bit." Feb 18, 2011
ruzuzu Ah--you caught me. Over on conference breakfast I mentioned I was trying to reserve that word for times when things are double-iroquoisy or lead back to Kateri Tekakwitha. Feb 18, 2011
reesetee Ruzuzu, you have the most interesting iroquoisy events ever. Feb 18, 2011
ruzuzu Oh, that's a bit iroquoisy--I had just added The Dun Cow from The Book of the Dun Cow, which also has a flood in it. I note this only because I had a dream about large waves in frazil-ice floodwaters last night.
Edit: Iroquoisy also because my landlords have a rooster in my backyard right now, which is what I was thinking about when yarb and hernesheir were talking about phelloid this morning. Feb 17, 2011
hernesheir The name of the cow in the work of fiction Bridge to Terabithia. Feb 17, 2011