Definitions for Phyllis

Phyllis Phyl·lis

Spelling: [fil-is]
IPA: /ˈfɪl ɪs/

Phyllis is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in Phyllis (hillpsy).

Definitions for Phyllis

noun

  1. a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.
  2. Also, Phyliss. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “green leaf.”.

Examples for Phyllis

I am sorry it is your father I must beat, but, Phyllis, I must be nominated.

Phyllis interrupted him with an impatient laugh, but said no more.

Phyllis, who was a nurse, went down to Mississippi to provide medical care for people like Joan.

Her friends Phyllis Cunningham, 75, and Eva-Lee Baird, 74, stood with her.

Phyllis is a short, stocky, enraged-seeming woman with a high, strident voice and piercing stare.

Persons of our rank do not marry like the Corydon and Phyllis of a pastoral.

The crusty conservative battle-ax Phyllis Schlafly is giving speeches saying that Obama worships government like a god.

This was the first quarrel that he had ever had with Phyllis.

He called up the subject at once, and we have seen the close of his interview with Phyllis.

I nod my head and try to concentrate on what Phyllis is telling me, but my eye keeps wandering across her yard.

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