See Shirley on Wiktionary
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More at shire, leigh.", "forms": [ { "form": "Sherley", "tags": [ "alternative" ] }, { "form": "Shurley", "tags": [ "alternative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "Shirley", "name": "en-proper noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "name", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "Skirlaugh" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 102, 109 ] ], "ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], page 72:", "text": "Hold vp they head, vile Scot, or thou art like / Neuer to hold it vp againe! the spirits / Of valiant Sherley, Stafford, Blunt, are in my Armes;", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "An English habitational surname" ], "id": "en-Shirley-en-name-m9VuLlbS", "links": [ [ "English", "English" ], [ "habitational", "habitational" ], [ "surname", "surname" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "name": "English given names", "parents": [ "Given names", "Names", "All topics", "Proper nouns", "Terms by semantic function", "Fundamental", "Nouns", "Lemmas" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "topical", "name": "English male given names", "parents": [ "Given names", "Names", "All topics", "Proper nouns", "Terms by semantic function", "Fundamental", "Nouns", "Lemmas" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "0 2 11 11 5 0 2 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 8 4 4 1", "kind": "topical", "name": "English unisex given names", "parents": [ "Given names", "Names", "All topics", "Proper nouns", "Terms by semantic function", "Fundamental", "Nouns", "Lemmas" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 0, 7 ], [ 96, 103 ] ], "ref": "1921, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 2, in Rilla of Ingleside:", "text": "Shirley Blythe was with Una Meredith and both were rather silent because such was their nature. Shirley was a lad of sixteen, sedate, sensible, thoughtful, full of a quiet humour.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A male given name transferred from the surname." ], "id": "en-Shirley-en-name-Vj3AlNl-", "links": [ [ "given name", "given name" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(rare) A male given name transferred from the surname." ], "tags": [ "rare" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "name": "English female given names", "parents": [ "Given names", "Names", "All topics", "Proper nouns", "Terms by semantic function", "Fundamental", "Nouns", "Lemmas" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "topical", "name": "English given names", "parents": [ "Given names", "Names", "All topics", "Proper nouns", "Terms by semantic function", "Fundamental", "Nouns", "Lemmas" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "0 2 11 11 5 0 2 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 8 4 4 1", "kind": "topical", "name": "English unisex given names", "parents": [ "Given names", "Names", "All topics", "Proper nouns", "Terms by semantic function", "Fundamental", "Nouns", "Lemmas" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 0, 7 ], [ 47, 54 ] ], "ref": "1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Fieldhead”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 294–295:", "text": "Shirley Keeldar (she had no christian name but Shirley: her parents, who had wished to have a son, finding that, after eight years of marriage, Providence had granted them only a daughter, bestowed on her the same masculine family cognomen they would have bestowed on a boy, if with a boy they had been blessed)—[…]", "type": "quote" }, { "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 37, 44 ], [ 281, 288 ] ], "ref": "1951, Alice Tisdale Hobart, The Serpent-Wreathed Staff, Bobbs-Merrill, page 50:", "text": "\"Why a girl like you should be named Shirley is beyond me. You haven't a ruffle or a furbelow anywhere in your nature.\" \"Is that meant for an insult?\" she asked, flushing angrily. \"No, it's just that it's incongruous. You are the 'give us this day our daily bread' sort of person. Shirley is party stuff.\"", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A female given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1920s to the 1950s." ], "id": "en-Shirley-en-name-IMG8lbVn", "links": [ [ "given name", "given name" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Civil parishes of Derbyshire, England", "orig": "en:Civil parishes of Derbyshire, England", "parents": [ "Civil parishes", "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in Derbyshire, England", "orig": "en:Places in Derbyshire, England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in England", "orig": "en:Places in England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Villages in Derbyshire, England", "orig": "en:Villages in Derbyshire, England", "parents": [ "Villages", "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Villages in England", "orig": "en:Villages in England", "parents": [ "Villages", "Places" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "Various places in England:", "A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2141)." ], "id": "en-Shirley-en-name-2o74sNtG", "links": [ [ "England", "England" ], [ "village", "village" ], [ "civil parish", "civil parish" ], [ "Derbyshire Dales", "Derbyshire Dales#English" ], [ "Derbyshire", "Derbyshire#English" ], [ "OS", "OS" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in England", "orig": "en:Places in England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in Greater London, England", "orig": "en:Places in Greater London, England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Suburbs in Greater London, England", "orig": "en:Suburbs in Greater London, England", "parents": [ "Suburbs", "Places" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "Various places in England:", "A suburb of the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3565)." ], "id": "en-Shirley-en-name-LG1oSoGa", "links": [ [ "England", "England" ], [ "suburb", "suburb" ], [ "Croydon", "Croydon#English" ], [ "Greater London", "Greater London#English" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in England", "orig": "en:Places in England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in Hampshire, England", "orig": "en:Places in Hampshire, England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Villages in England", "orig": "en:Villages in England", "parents": [ "Villages", "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Villages in Hampshire, England", "orig": "en:Villages in Hampshire, England", "parents": [ "Villages", "Places" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "Various places in England:", "A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ1798)." ], "id": "en-Shirley-en-name-ztPj1Em7", "links": [ [ "England", "England" ], [ "hamlet", "hamlet" ], [ "Sopley", "Sopley#English" ], [ "New Forest", "New Forest#English" ], [ "Hampshire", "Hampshire#English" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in England", "orig": "en:Places in England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in Hampshire, England", "orig": "en:Places in Hampshire, England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Suburbs in Hampshire, England", "orig": "en:Suburbs in Hampshire, England", "parents": [ "Suburbs", "Places" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "Various places in England:", "A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4013)." ], "id": "en-Shirley-en-name-Wbf2bg2U", "links": [ [ "England", "England" ], [ "suburb", "suburb" ], [ "Southampton", "Southampton#English" ], [ "Hampshire", "Hampshire#English" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in England", "orig": "en:Places in England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in the West Midlands, England", "orig": "en:Places in the West Midlands, England", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Towns in England", "orig": "en:Towns in England", "parents": [ "Towns", "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Towns in the West Midlands, England", "orig": "en:Towns in the West Midlands, England", "parents": [ "Towns", "Places" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "Various places in England:", "A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1278)." ], "id": "en-Shirley-en-name-kdu4nFnb", "links": [ [ "England", "England" ], [ "suburban", "suburban" ], [ "town", "town" ], [ "Solihull", "Solihull#English" ], [ "West Midlands", "West Midlands#English" ], [ "Warwickshire", "Warwickshire#English" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in Arkansas, USA", "orig": "en:Places in Arkansas, USA", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in the United States", "orig": "en:Places in the United States", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Towns in Arkansas, USA", "orig": "en:Towns in Arkansas, USA", "parents": [ "Towns", "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Towns in the United States", "orig": "en:Towns in the United States", "parents": [ "Towns", "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "5 1 1 4 0 2 0 1 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms suffixed with -leigh", "parents": [], "source": 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"en", "name": "Towns in the United States", "orig": "en:Towns in the United States", "parents": [ "Towns", "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "0 2 2 2 6 0 2 0 2 5 5 5 5 5 13 5 5 5 5 5 11 5 5 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 1 1 4 0 2 0 1 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms suffixed with -leigh", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "0 1 2 2 6 1 2 0 2 5 5 5 5 5 13 5 5 5 5 5 11 5 5 1", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 3 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "0 1 2 2 8 0 2 0 2 4 4 5 4 4 16 4 4 4 4 4 14 4 4 1", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Various places in the United States:", "A town in Piscataquis County, Maine." ], "id": "en-Shirley-en-name-0uKw9VxM", "links": [ [ "town", "town" 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But what about the candles?", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "surely" ], "links": [ [ "humorous", "humorous" ], [ "surely", "surely" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(informal, humorous) surely" ], "tags": [ "humorous", "informal", "not-comparable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shirley.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Shirley.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Shirley.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Shirley.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Shirley.wav.ogg" }, { "ipa": "/ˈʃɜː(ɹ)li/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)li" }, { "homophone": "surely stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Airplane!" ], "word": "Shirley" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "es", "2": "en", "3": "Shirley" }, "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English Shirley", "name": "ubor" } ], "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English Shirley.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "es", "2": "proper nouns", "g": "f", "g2": "", "g3": "", "head": "" }, "expansion": "Shirley f", "name": "head" }, { "args": { "1": "f" }, "expansion": "Shirley f", "name": "es-proper noun" } ], "hyphenation": [ "Shir‧ley" ], "lang": "Spanish", "lang_code": "es", "pos": "name", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 3 entries", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:Spanish/iɾlei", "Rhymes:Spanish/iɾlei/2 syllables", "Rhymes:Spanish/iɾli", "Rhymes:Spanish/iɾli/2 syllables", "Spanish 2-syllable words", "Spanish entries with incorrect language header", "Spanish female given names", "Spanish female given names from English", "Spanish feminine nouns", "Spanish given names", "Spanish lemmas", "Spanish proper nouns", "Spanish terms borrowed from English", "Spanish terms derived from English", "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation", "Spanish unadapted borrowings from English" ], "glosses": [ "a female given name from English" ], "links": [ [ "given name", "given name" ] ], "tags": [ "feminine" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈʃiɾlei/" }, { "ipa": "[ˈʃiɾ.lei̯]" }, { "rhymes": "-iɾlei" }, { "ipa": "/ˈʃiɾli/" }, { "ipa": "[ˈʃiɾ.li]" }, { "rhymes": "-iɾli" } ], "word": "Shirley" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "tl", "2": "en", "3": "Shirley" }, "expansion": "Borrowed from English Shirley", "name": "bor+" }, { "args": { "1": "tl", "2": "ang", "3": "scīr" }, "expansion": "Old English scīr", "name": "der" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Shirley, a given name transferred from the habitational surname, from Old English scīr + lēah.", "forms": [ { "form": "ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜎᜒ", "tags": [ "Baybayin" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "b": "sherli" }, "expansion": "Shirley (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜎᜒ)", "name": "tl-proper noun" } ], "hyphenation": [ "Shir‧ley" ], "lang": "Tagalog", "lang_code": "tl", "pos": "name", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 3 entries", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾli", "Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾli/2 syllables", "Tagalog 2-syllable words", "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header", "Tagalog female given names", "Tagalog female given names from English", "Tagalog given names", "Tagalog lemmas", "Tagalog proper nouns", "Tagalog terms borrowed from English", "Tagalog terms derived from English", "Tagalog terms derived from Old English", "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script", "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation", "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation", "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries" ], "glosses": [ "a female given name from English" ], "links": [ [ "given name", "given name" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈʃeɾli/", "tags": [ "Standard-Tagalog" ] }, { "ipa": "[ˈʃɛɾ.lɪ]", "tags": [ "Standard-Tagalog" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈsjeɾli/", "note": "no yod coalescence" }, { "ipa": "[ˈsjɛɾ.lɪ]", "note": "no yod coalescence" }, { "rhymes": "-eɾli" } ], "word": "Shirley" }
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