Fleming
pronunciation
How to pronounce Fleming in British English:
UK [ˈflemiŋ]
How to pronounce Fleming in American English:
US [ˈflɛmɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
- English bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
- a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
Word Origin
- Fleming (n.)
- from Old English Flæming "native or inhabitant of Flanders," from Old Dutch Vlaemingh, Old Frisian Fleming, both from Proto-Germanic *Flam- (see Flanders). The Germanic name was borrowed in Medieval Latin as Flamingus, hence Spanish Flamenco, Provençal Flamenc, etc. French has flandrin "a lanky lad" (15c.), originally a nickname of a Fleming, thence "any tall and meagre man," as they were thought to be [Kitchin].
Example
- 1. Spencer and fleming didn 't just get lucky .
- 2. Yet fleming 's warning has always haunted them .
- 3. Given lehman 's precarious situation , fleming argued that thain should start talking to bofa .
- 4. Merrill lynch 's greg fleming left for academia .
- 5. Fleming was so inspired by sir sean 's performance that he retrofitted bond 's scottish back-story into later books .