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Darcy
Darcy ♀, ♂ Transferred use of the English and Irish surname, originally a Norman baronial name (d'Arcy) borne by a family who came from Arcy in northern France. The surname was well established in north central England from the Middle Ages onwards, and various gentry families used it as a male given name from the late 1500s. It has always had a somewhat aristocratic flavour, which has added to its popularity as a first name. It is the surname of the hero of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (1813). Its use as a girl's name, often spelled Darcey—as in the case of the British ballerina Darcey Bussell (b. 1969)—is more recent and is now predominant.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Darcy." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Darcy." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Darcy.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Darcy." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Darcy.html |
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darcy The unit of intrinsic permeability, used particularly in the oil industry. One darcy is equal to 0.987 × 10−12 m2. The unit is named after the French engineer Henri Philibert Gaspard Darcy (1803–58).
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "darcy." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "darcy." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-darcy.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "darcy." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-darcy.html |
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darcy The unit of intrinsic permeability, used particularly in the oil industry. One darcy is equal to 0.987 × 10−12m2.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "darcy." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "darcy." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-darcy.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "darcy." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-darcy.html |
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•Cotopaxi, maxi, taxi, waxy
•Anglesey
•antsy, Clancy, fancy, Nancy
•paparazzi, patsy
•Yangtze • necromancy • cartomancy
•geomancy • bibliomancy
•chiromancy • ataraxy
•Adivasi, brassy, classy, dalasi, Darcy, farcy, Farsi, glassy, grassy
•chancy • ardency • Nazi
•Bessie, Crécy, dressy, Jessie, messy, Nessie, tressy
•prexy, sexy
•Chelsea, Elsie
•Dempsey • Montmorency
•discrepancy • incessancy
•Betsy, tsetse
•epilepsy • narcolepsy • nympholepsy
•apoplexy • catalepsy
•Basie, Casey, Gracie, lacy, O'Casey, pace, pacy, precis, racy, spacey, Stacey, Sulawesi, Tracy
•cadency • complacency
•blatancy, patency
•Assisi, fleecy, greasy, Tbilisi
•decency
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"Darcy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Darcy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Darcy.html "Darcy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Darcy.html |
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