Priscilla

Feminine diminutive form of a Roman cognomen Prīscus, from Latin prīscus (“former, ancient, old-fashioned”).

Compare typologically Seneca (< Latin Seneca < senex).

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈsɪlə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Priscilla

1. A female given name from Latin of biblical origin.
   • 1858, Henry Wadswoth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish:

     Letters written by Alden, and full of the name of Priscilla, / Full of the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla!

   • 2003, Minette Walters, Disordered Minds, Macmillan., →ISBN, page 354:

     'Priscilla,' she said, --- 'The same name I've had for twenty years!' She smiled cynically. 'And, before you ask why, I was stoned when I chose it, so any thoughts of Cill were in my subconscious. I used to think it was classier than Louise or Daisy... probably because the Trevelyans were such snobs.'

2. An early Christian, mentioned in the Bible and also known as Prisca.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 18:2:
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     And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

• Diminutives: Prissy, Cilla, Scilla

Borrowed from Latin Priscilla.

• IPA^(key): /ˌprɪˈsɪ.laː/

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• Hyphenation: Pris‧cil‧la
• Rhymes: -ɪlaː

Priscilla f

1. Priscilla (Biblical character from Acts)
2. a female given name from Latin

Ultimately from Latin Priscilla.

• IPA^(key): /priˈsila/

Priscilla

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Priscilla

   Priscilla "Pica Priscilla" Febrita Wiriahardja, b. 1988