Pry

proper nounattested in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Prey, from Ó Préith, probably from na préith (“of the cattle-spoil”) (compare Latin praeda (“plunder, booty”)). * As a German surname, a spelling variant of Prey, from breu (“brew”); see brauen. Comparable to the surname Preyer.

Forms

plural: Prys

Prue · A female given name.prune · The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.pry · To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed…

Pry · A surname.

prying · The act of one who pries.PS · Initialism of a number of proto-languages' names:…psi · The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the…

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