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Edith

音節E・dith 発音記号/íːdɪθ/

【名詞】

イーディス 《女性名》.

日英固有名詞辞典

Edith

人名

名前 イーディス；イーデス；イディス；エーディト；エディット；エディス；エディツ

Wiktionary英語版

Edith

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2011/06/21 09:27 UTC 版)

語源

古期英語 ēad + gȳð (“war, strife, battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.

固有名詞

Edith

1. A female given name.
   • 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:

     Edith's pretty, but it looks / Better in old English books.

   • 1903 Elizabeth Bisland, A Candle of Understanding, Harper&Brothers 1903, page 11:

     But suppose she had had an elder sister with a beautiful name like Edith. My conviction was deep and immovable that had I been named something really pretty like that, I would have found it easy to sew neatly and know my lessons.

   • 2009 Linwood Barclay, Fear the Worst, Banrtam Books, ISBN 0553807161, page 76:

     - - but they went and gave it to this woman named Edith, if you can believe that any woman with a name like Edith would have a clue about what's fashionable." "Edith Head?" I said. "The Oscar-winning costume designer?"

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