Cecil
pronunciation
How to pronounce Cecil in British English:
UK [ˈsesl, ˈsisl]
How to pronounce Cecil in American English:
US [ˈsɛsəl]
Word Origin
- Cecil
- masc. proper name, from Latin Caecilius (fem. Caecilia), name of a Roman gens, from caecus "blind."
Example
- 1. Anish kapoor and cecil balmond 's orbit is a daring , imaginative and exhilarating work of art .
- 2. There , a co-operative effort by tribal leaders secured the protection of the british government against the marauding imperialism of cecil rhodes .
- 3. Nor was it the driving force for the cecil family , more particularly william and his son robert , in their decades of counsel to england 's queen elizabeth I , a protestant , and her successor , james vi of scotland .
- 4. On february 6th david cecil , a british theatre director working in the ugandan capital , kampala , was bundled into a car , taken first to the immigration department , then to a police station and locked up in a crowded cell .