lassien.
/ˈlasi/, U.S. /ˈlæsi/, Scottish English /ˈlasɪ/ Chiefly Scottish.
a. A lass, girl.
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the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun]
maiden-childeOE
maidenOE
maidc1275
maid-childc1275
wenchc1290
thernec1300
lassc1325
maidenkinc1330
child-womana1382
girlc1400
pucelle1439
maidkin1440
mawther1440
mop1466
woman-child?1515
bonnea1529
urchina1535
kinchin-mort1567
dandiprat1582
prill1587
sluta1592
little girl1603
maggie1603
tendril1603
squall1607
childa1616
filly1616
vriester1652
miss1668
gilpie1720
lassie1725
laddess1768
jeune fillea1777
bitch1785
girly?1786
gal1795
ladyling1807
missikin1815
colleen1828
girleen1833
snowdrop1833
pinafore1836
chica1843
fillette1847
charity-girl1848
urchiness1852
Mädchen1854
gel1857
pusill1884
backfisch1888
girly-girly1888
cliner1895
tittie1918
weeny1929
bobby-soxer1944
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. Song vi I yield, dear lassie, ye hae won.
1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 327 What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man.
1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 92 What sort of a lassy is the cobler's daughter?
1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xviii. 169 Na, it's other lassies' brothers they like as a rule.
b. = lass n. 1d.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > salvationism > [noun] > person > female
Hallelujah Lass1878
lass1886
Salvation lassie1891
poke bonnet1899
lassie1906
1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 84 A Salvation lassie shook her contribution receptacle.
1970 Guardian 12 May 10/5 Such items as whether Army lassies should wear lipstick in uniform.
Derivatives
ˈlassiehood n. girlhood.
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the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun] > state of being girlish
girlishness1623
lassiehood1857
girliness1886
1857 A. Wallace Gloaming of Life ii. 28 Where Robin..has to make the important transition from the equivocal garb of lassie-hood into his first ‘corduroys’.
ˈlassieish adj. young-womanish.
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the world > people > person > child > girl > [adjective]
maidena1400
wench-like1552
girlish1565
young-girlish1822
girly1857
puellular1861
little girl1863
young-girl1867
lassieish1882
puellile1891
small girl1916
girly1962
1882 J. Brown John Leech in Horæ Subs. 307 There is a somewhat vulgar and lassieish objection to Landseer's subjects, that they are painful.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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