Valerie

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

//ˈvæləɹi//

A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].

proper noun

1
A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
Valerie, call on me / Come and see me / I'm the same boy I used to be
Cos since I've come home, well my body's been a mess And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you dress Won't you come on over stop making a fool out of me? Why won't you come on over Valerie? Valerie? Valerie? Valerie?

Etymology

From French Valérie, from Latin Valeria. Doublet of Valeria.

noun

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slangThe psychotropic drug 1V-LSD.

Etymology

From valeryl, part of the chemical name of the drug, and alluding to the female name. Compare Lucy (“the drug LSD”).

Valentine · Saint Valentine, a 3rd-century Christian martyr.Valentino · A surname from Italian Valeria · A female given name from Latin.

Valerie · A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].

valet · A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes…valiant · Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.valid · Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.