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"ref": "1837, Leigh Hunt, Jenny Kissed Me",
"text": "Jenny kissed me when we met,\nJumping from the chair she sat in;\nTime, you thief, who love to get\nSweets into your list, put that in!\nSay I'm weary, say I'm sad,\nSay that health and wealth have missed me,\nSay I'm growing old, but add,\nJenny kissed me.",
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"ref": "1840, Frederick Marryat, chapter IV, in Poor Jack",
"text": "All this I recollect, but little more, except my mother gave me several beatings for calling my sister \"Jenny\", which I had learnt to do from others who knew her; but when my mother heard them, she was always very angry, and told them that her child had not such a vulgar name; at which many would laugh, and make a point of calling out \"Jenny\" to Virginia whenever they passed and saw her at the door.",
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"2": "Jenny",
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"word": "creeping Jenny"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Zhēnnī",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "珍妮"
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"sense": "female given name",
"word": "제니"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"A Curtiss JN-4 airplane."
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"(slang) A Curtiss JN-4 airplane."
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"_dis1": "7 8 85",
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"_dis1": "7 8 85",
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"_dis1": "7 8 85",
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"expansion": "Jennifer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"10": "Jeannette",
"11": "Jeannine",
"12": "Jen",
"13": "Jenna",
"14": "Jenny",
"15": "Jessie",
"16": "Jo",
"17": "Jody",
"18": "Juanita",
"19": "Shanae",
"2": "Ivanka",
"20": "Sinead",
"21": "Vanna",
"3": "Jan",
"4": "Janelle",
"5": "Janet",
"6": "Janey",
"7": "Janine",
"8": "Jeanette",
"9": "Jeanie"
},
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"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jane"
},
"expansion": "Jane",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jane"
},
"expansion": "Jane",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "engine"
},
"expansion": "engine",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Jen + -y, historically as a hypochoristic form of Janet, Jane, etc. or (rarely) Eugenia, Virginia, etc. but now more often used as a diminutive of Jennifer.\nDoublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in derivations from Jane etc.\nIn senses related to inanimate objects, partially derived from the generic senses of Jane and partially an informal pronunciation of engine.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Jennies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Jennies"
},
"expansion": "Jenny (plural Jennies)",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Jen‧ny"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English female given names",
"English given names",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1837, Leigh Hunt, Jenny Kissed Me",
"text": "Jenny kissed me when we met,\nJumping from the chair she sat in;\nTime, you thief, who love to get\nSweets into your list, put that in!\nSay I'm weary, say I'm sad,\nSay that health and wealth have missed me,\nSay I'm growing old, but add,\nJenny kissed me.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1840, Frederick Marryat, chapter IV, in Poor Jack",
"text": "All this I recollect, but little more, except my mother gave me several beatings for calling my sister \"Jenny\", which I had learnt to do from others who knew her; but when my mother heard them, she was always very angry, and told them that her child had not such a vulgar name; at which many would laugh, and make a point of calling out \"Jenny\" to Virginia whenever they passed and saw her at the door.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A female given name."
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛni/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛni"
},
{
"homophone": "Genny"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-Jenny.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-Jenny.ogg/En-au-Jenny.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-Jenny.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-jenny.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/En-us-jenny.ogg/En-us-jenny.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/En-us-jenny.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Jenni"
},
{
"word": "Jennie"
}
],
"word": "Jenny"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English diminutives of female given names",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English female given names from Cornish",
"English female given names from French",
"English female given names from Hebrew",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -y",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/ɛni",
"Rhymes:English/ɛni/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "creeping Jenny"
},
{
"word": "Kick 'em Jenny"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "Jenny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: Jenny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: Jenny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "Jenný",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Faroese: Jenný",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Faroese: Jenný"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "Jenny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: Jenny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: Jenny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Jenny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Jenny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Jenny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "Jenny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: Jenny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: Jenny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "Jenny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: Jenny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: Jenny"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jen",
"3": "y"
},
"expansion": "Jen + -y",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Janet"
},
"expansion": "Janet",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jane"
},
"expansion": "Jane",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "rarely"
},
"expansion": "(rarely)",
"name": "lb"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Eugenia"
},
"expansion": "Eugenia",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Virginia"
},
"expansion": "Virginia",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jennifer"
},
"expansion": "Jennifer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"10": "Jeannette",
"11": "Jeannine",
"12": "Jen",
"13": "Jenna",
"14": "Jenny",
"15": "Jessie",
"16": "Jo",
"17": "Jody",
"18": "Juanita",
"19": "Shanae",
"2": "Ivanka",
"20": "Sinead",
"21": "Vanna",
"3": "Jan",
"4": "Janelle",
"5": "Janet",
"6": "Janey",
"7": "Janine",
"8": "Jeanette",
"9": "Jeanie"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jane"
},
"expansion": "Jane",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jane"
},
"expansion": "Jane",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "engine"
},
"expansion": "engine",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Jen + -y, historically as a hypochoristic form of Janet, Jane, etc. or (rarely) Eugenia, Virginia, etc. but now more often used as a diminutive of Jennifer.\nDoublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in derivations from Jane etc.\nIn senses related to inanimate objects, partially derived from the generic senses of Jane and partially an informal pronunciation of engine.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Jenny",
"name": "en-prop"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Jen‧ny"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"word": "Johnny"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English surnames"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛni/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛni"
},
{
"homophone": "Genny"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-Jenny.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-Jenny.ogg/En-au-Jenny.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-Jenny.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-jenny.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/En-us-jenny.ogg/En-us-jenny.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/En-us-jenny.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Jenni"
},
{
"word": "Jennie"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jenī",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "جِينِي"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Zhēnnī",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "珍妮"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Jenny"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Jenni"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Jenī",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "ジェニー"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Jeni",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "제니"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Jenny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Džénni",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Дже́нни"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Juanita"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "Jenny"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "Jennie"
}
],
"word": "Jenny"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English diminutives of female given names",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English female given names from Cornish",
"English female given names from French",
"English female given names from Hebrew",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -y",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/ɛni",
"Rhymes:English/ɛni/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "inverted Jenny"
},
{
"word": "Jenny invert"
},
{
"word": "upside-down Jenny"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jen",
"3": "y"
},
"expansion": "Jen + -y",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Janet"
},
"expansion": "Janet",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jane"
},
"expansion": "Jane",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "rarely"
},
"expansion": "(rarely)",
"name": "lb"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Eugenia"
},
"expansion": "Eugenia",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Virginia"
},
"expansion": "Virginia",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jennifer"
},
"expansion": "Jennifer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"10": "Jeannette",
"11": "Jeannine",
"12": "Jen",
"13": "Jenna",
"14": "Jenny",
"15": "Jessie",
"16": "Jo",
"17": "Jody",
"18": "Juanita",
"19": "Shanae",
"2": "Ivanka",
"20": "Sinead",
"21": "Vanna",
"3": "Jan",
"4": "Janelle",
"5": "Janet",
"6": "Janey",
"7": "Janine",
"8": "Jeanette",
"9": "Jeanie"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jane"
},
"expansion": "Jane",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jane"
},
"expansion": "Jane",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "engine"
},
"expansion": "engine",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Jen + -y, historically as a hypochoristic form of Janet, Jane, etc. or (rarely) Eugenia, Virginia, etc. but now more often used as a diminutive of Jennifer.\nDoublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in derivations from Jane etc.\nIn senses related to inanimate objects, partially derived from the generic senses of Jane and partially an informal pronunciation of engine.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Jennies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Jenny (plural Jennies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Jen‧ny"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A Wren (a member of the WRNS)."
],
"links": [
[
"Wren",
"Wren"
],
[
"WRNS",
"WRNS"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, informal) A Wren (a member of the WRNS)."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"A Curtiss JN-4 airplane."
],
"links": [
[
"airplane",
"airplane"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A Curtiss JN-4 airplane."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "jenny"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of jenny."
],
"links": [
[
"jenny",
"jenny#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛni/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛni"
},
{
"homophone": "Genny"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-Jenny.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-Jenny.ogg/En-au-Jenny.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-Jenny.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-jenny.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/En-us-jenny.ogg/En-us-jenny.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/En-us-jenny.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Jenni"
},
{
"word": "Jennie"
}
],
"word": "Jenny"
}
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