Pamela

pamela Pâmela English Etymology Invented by Sir Philip Sidney for his pastoral poem The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (c 1593). Seemingly created from scratch;Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2006 some imagine an analysis as grc πᾶς all + grc μέλι honey but there is no evidence that this was intended. Pronunciation en /ˈpæmələ/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pamela.wav Southern England Proper noun en female coinages. en 1773 w:Henry Fielding The History and Adventures of Joseph Andrews 259 They lived about thirty miles from the Squire; and she told me, that I might be sure to find her out by one circumstance; for that they had a daughter with a very strange name, Pamĕla, or Pamēla; some pronounced it one way, and some the other. en 1786 w:Samuel Richardson Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded 416 - But, Pamela, did you say? - A queer sort of name! - I've heard of it somewhere! - Is it a Christian or a Pagan name? - Linsey-woolsey - half one, half t'other - like thy girl - Ha, ha, ha.' en Clive Thompson Not Ready for Their Close-Up w:The New York Times Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/magazine/not-ready-for-their-closeup.html 2005-06-12 "It's almost too realistic, too digital and computery," complains Alexis Vogel, a veteran celebrity makeup artist who recently worked on "Stacked," a high-def show starring Pamela Anderson. https://web.archive.org/web/20210209175221/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/magazine/not-ready-for-their-closeup.html Derived terms en Pam, en Pammy, en Pammie, en Pamela hat References Albanian Proper noun f sq female Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor en:Pamela + 1 Pronunciation Pl-Pamela.ogg Proper noun f pl female Pamela Declension <f> Further reading Spanish Etymology es :bor en:Pamela + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun f es female