Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name

Etymologies

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Invented by Sir Philip Sidney for his pastoral poem Arcadia (c 1593), probably from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, "all") + μέλι (meli, "honey").

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Examples

  • I called Pamela and told her that if she was prepared to recommend me to the president, I was prepared to throw myself into the appointment process.

    Dealings Felix Rohatyn 2010

  • I'm not sure why I was certain Pamela was responsible.

    January 3rd, 2007 2007

  • Thanks, Madeline, I did know an “illegal” tattoo artist, but Pamela is pure invention.

    DREADED CONVERSATION • by Walter Giersbach 2007

  • Pamela is good at answering questions about writing, selling, and associated activities.

    Tender is the Night of the Living Dead 2006

  • Countess: the word Pamela was in what he said: she answered him with a downcast look, in the same language, half-pleased, half-serious, and the chariot drove away.

    Pamela 2006

  • How many parents realize that the currently popular Jennifer is derived from Guinevere (King Arthur's adulterous queen) or that the name Pamela became popular through Samuel Richardson's Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded (1740)?

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XXIII No 4 1998

  • Sir Philip Sydney first used the name Pamela in 1590, so if one were writing a novel set before that date or even a bit later, the name would be an anachronism.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 3 1986

  • 'Pamela' -- distinctly the worst of his works -- of which it is enough to say at present that it succeeds neither in being moral nor in amusing.

    Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Leslie Stephen 1868

  • It ruled he was not to blame because the woman - identified only as "Pamela" - contaminated him with cocaine hours before the drug test.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2009

  • It ruled he was not to blame because the woman - identified only as "Pamela" - contaminated him with cocaine hours before the drug test.

    daytondailynews.com - News 2009

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