Barnaby

English Etymology English surname of en arc - origin, from arc בַּר נְבִיָּא bar nəḇiyyā prophet’s son. Also as an English surname, from en ang Beornwald, from ang beorn young warrior + ang wealdan rule + en non býr farmstead. Noun - en archaic A lively and fast-paced dance; en by extension any quick and uneven movement. 1640-1687, Charles Cotton, in his burlesque of Virgil: Bounce cry the port-holes, out they flyAnd make the world dance Barnaby. en 1985 Gregory Sass Redcoat 28 It was a regular Barnaby dance; I'd never seen anyone move so quickly. Before the culprit bolted out the door into the night, en 1996 Jo Ann Ferguson Miss Charity's Case 182 "Owell gave me this. Said to get it to you in a Barnaby dance. 'Ere it is." His tongue scraped across his lower lip as he stared at Charity. en 2009 Julia Golding The Diamond of Drury Lane 434 We were now doing a strange sort of Barnaby dance: shuffling to and fro as I blocked his attempts to set off in pursuit. Proper noun en male Hebrew, from the medieval vernacular form of Barnabas. en 1595 w:Edmund Spenser Epithalamium This day the sun is in his chiefest heightWith Barnaby the Bright. en 1848 John O'Donovan The Annals of the Four Masters The Dublin University Magazine 31 577 The name Barnaby may strike the reader as out of place in so Celtic a pedigree; but this was an anglicisation of the true name, Brian Oge - - - Now, times are altered, and his anglicised descendants will probably begin to use Brian as a family name again, rejecting Barnaby as less respectable. en 1962 w:Edward Eager Seven-Day Magic 8 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1999 0152020780 Barnaby liked his own name. He was proud of its differentness and would never answer to "Barney", or any other nickname. en 2000 Alexei Sayle Barcelona Plates But instead of pressing the button that would have taped the play she pressed the button that activated the built-in microphone and recorded a hundred and twenty minutes of hers and Barnaby's home life, which aurally consisted of 'Want a cup of tea?' 'No thanks.' Derived terms en Barnaby Bright en long Barnaby References en Dances