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Phemie
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English
Etymology
Diminutive en ie.
Proper noun
en female Euphemia.
en 1985 w:Alice Munro The Progress of Love 7 Chatto&Windus 1987 0701131616 I was named Euphemia, after my mother's mother. A terrible name, such as nobody has nowadays. At home they called me Phemie, but when I started to work, I called myself Fame. My husband, Dan Casey, called me Fame. Then in a bar of the Shamrock Hotel, years later, after my divorce, when I was going out, a man said to me, "Fame, I've been meaning to ask you, just what is it that you are famous for?"
Anagrams
en eehimp hempie imphee