Jill

jill English Etymology A variant of en Gill, diminutive of en Gillian, a medieval form of en Juliana, ultimately from en la -. Pronunciation en /d͡ʒɪl/ en ɪl 1 en jill gill en En-us-Jill.ogg US Proper noun en female Latin. en 1994 Floyd Skloot Summer Blue Story Line Press, 0934257086 98 "Just Jill, I'm afraid." "Would you prefer if it was Gillian?" "Oh, I think so. Gillian sounds so much fancier." "Fancy?" Terrence said. He smiled at her. "Or perhaps it sounds flashy?" "Royal," Richard said. "Flowery," Terrence added. "You could say Gillian was more flowery. That would fit. What about you, Corrie, what does it sound like to you?" "Rich," Corrie glanced at Jill. "Gillian sounds richer than Jill." en Kate Bennett Jill Biden speaks candidly about being a first lady: ‘Nothing can prepare you’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/politics/jill-biden-speaks-about-being-a-first-lady 2021-10-20 First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday spoke candidly about her new life, lamenting the enormous pressure a first lady can face. https://web.archive.org/web/20220809224056/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/politics/jill-biden-speaks-about-being-a-first-lady 9 August 2022 en Jillian. A generic use for any female (as Sheila in Australian English), especially paired (since the 15th c., compare Ienken and Iulyan) with the male Jack. V II Our wooing doth not end like an old play;Jack hath not Jill; these ladies' courtesyMight well have made our sport a comedy. Derived terms en jillstrap jillflirt lumberjill Noun A young woman; a sweetheart; like the variant spelling Gill it was also associated with various assertive uses of the term en flirt, as in en flirt-gill flurt-gills (used by William Shakespeare for a 'woman of light or loose behavior'). A jillstrap: the female counterpart to a jockstrap. References 1979 en diminutives of female given names placeholder terms