Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A diminutive of Frances, also used as a female given name.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • noun external female sex organs

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Fanny.

Examples

  • This had everything to do with the nickname Fanny and the fact that she tried not to get upset at being addressed in this undignified manner when she was trying to raise compassionate, responsible children.

    The Boys Next Door Jennifer Echols 2007

  • This had everything to do with the nickname Fanny and the fact that she tried not to get upset at being addressed in this undignified manner when she was trying to raise compassionate, responsible children.

    The Boys Next Door Jennifer Echols 2007

  • This had everything to do with the nickname Fanny and the fact that she tried not to get upset at being addressed in this undignified manner when she was trying to raise compassionate, responsible children.

    The Boys Next Door Jennifer Echols 2007

  • This had everything to do with the nickname Fanny and the fact that she tried not to get upset at being addressed in this undignified manner when she was trying to raise compassionate, responsible children.

    The Boys Next Door Jennifer Echols 2007

  • The story of the captain of the Fanny is also literally true.

    The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career Lucy Maud 1917

  • By three o'clock in the morning Fanny is all "knocked up", as her brother delicately puts it.

    Ten of the best balls in literature John Mullan 2010

  • The characters in Fanny, Annie & Danny are messy and wonderful and devastating and mean and kind and petty and vulnerable -- just like us.

    George Heymont: It's the Most Dysfunctional Time of the Year! George Heymont 2010

  • You won't have any problems caring about the totally dysfunctional family featured in Fanny, Annie & Danny.

    George Heymont: It's the Most Dysfunctional Time of the Year! George Heymont 2010

  • So you'll know I'm not damning with faint praise when I say that Fanny is an old-fashioned, sentimental romance of a very particular type.

    Fanny deliasherman 2010

  • So you'll know I'm not damning with faint praise when I say that Fanny is an old-fashioned, sentimental romance of a very particular type.

    Fanny deliasherman 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.