Edith

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈidɪθ//

A female given name from Old English.

proper noun

1
A female given name from Old English.
Edith's pretty, but it looks / Better in old English books.
But suppose she had had an elder sister with a beautiful name like Edith. My conviction was deep and immovable that had I been named something really pretty like that, I would have found it easy to sew neatly and know my lessons.
- - but they went and gave it to this woman named Edith, if you can believe that any woman with a name like Edith would have a clue about what's fashionable." "Edith Head?" I said. "The Oscar-winning costume designer?"
2
A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint. Compare Swedish Edit.

Edison · A surname A surname originating as a patronymic, from Edward edit · A change to the text of a document.edited · Having been altered from the original version.

Edith · A female given name from Old English.

editing · An act or instance of something being edited.edition · A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor…editor · A person who edits or makes changes to documents.

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