Cicely
pronunciation
How to pronounce Cicely in British English:
UK ['sɪsɪlɪ]
How to pronounce Cicely in American English:
US [ 'sɪsli]
Word Origin
- Cicely
- fem. proper name, an alteration or nativization of Cecilia. The plant (late 16c.) is Latin seselis, from Greek seselis.
Example
- 1. All in all , highly recommended for fans of fairies and cicely mary barker !
- 2. Dame cicely saunders ( june 22 , 1918 july 14 , 2005 ) founded the modern hospice and started a worldwide movement to provide compassionate care for the dying .
- 3. I also appreciate the accomplishments of congresswomen barbara jordan and maxine waters , lena horne , ella fitzgerald , bette davis , cicely tyson , barbara stanwyck , ingrid bergman , berry gordy , john h. johnson , and franklin raines .
- 4. It 's just a showmance , cicely is just dating anthony just to make edgar jealous .
- 5. Cicely saunders , president of the national hospice council and a founder member of the hospice movement , argues that euthanasia doesn 't take into account that there are ways of caring for the dying .