Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Wisdom.
Wiktionary
- n. A female given name.
- n. A diminutive of the female given name Sophia.
Etymologies
- The French equivalent, and also an English pet form, of Sophia, from Ancient Greek σοφία ("wisdom"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A comedy about becoming fully conscious, AND SOPHIE COMES TOO follows the three Abramowitz sisters and their mother Sophie, who may or may not wake from a coma before her daughters take control of their increasingly chaotic lives: Barbara, a single lesbian, doesn't want her wacky family's calamity to interfere with her sex life or the pending adoption of a baby girl from China.”
“A string of multicolored lights circled the pilothouse of the towboat, and an artificial, faded green wreath was tacked onto a large life ring on the side, near the name Sophie B.”
“British reports suggested the baby was born by Caesarean section on September 26 at the Portland Private Hospital, central London and used the name "Sophie" Hong during her stay.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“It was reported the mother used the name "Sophie" during her stay at the hospital.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“That is, until the day his daughter, Sophie, is born.”
“They move in together and negotiate the complexities of their unequal relationship: Sophie is young and sexy, but culturally and economically insignificant; Carrère is famous and successful, but unable to be happy, crippled by his own petulance and self-absorption.”
“They subsequently become fixtures in Sophie's life, though they usually have nothing but snarky remarks for each other.”
The Huffington Post: Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Life as We Know It
“You can tell that he thinks he is Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice right now.”
The Huffington Post: Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 12 Recap: Let's Getty It Over With
“Roald Dahl perhaps knew this better than anyone when he had James 'parents run over by a rhinoceros at the beginning of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, and Sophie is already living in an orphanage in the beginning of THE BFG.”
The Huffington Post: Nathan Bransford: In Defense of Dead/Absent Parents in Children's Literature
“Not only had he immediately tied up Shoonga behind the barn, he called Sophie to delay her coming to work.”
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