Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Wisdom.

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  • proper noun A female given name.
  • proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Sophia.

Etymologies

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The French equivalent, and also an English pet form, of Sophia, from Ancient Greek σοφία ("wisdom").

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Examples

  • A comedy about becoming fully conscious, AND SOPHIE COMES TOO follows the three Abramowitz sisters and their mother Sophie, who may or may not wake from a coma before her daughters take control of their increasingly chaotic lives: Barbara, a single lesbian, doesn't want her wacky family's calamity to interfere with her sex life or the pending adoption of a baby girl from China.

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009

  • A string of multicolored lights circled the pilothouse of the towboat, and an artificial, faded green wreath was tacked onto a large life ring on the side, near the name Sophie B.

    The Best Way to Lose Janet Dailey 1983

  • A string of multicolored lights circled the pilothouse of the towboat, and an artificial, faded green wreath was tacked onto a large life ring on the side, near the name Sophie B.

    The Best Way to Lose Janet Dailey 1983

  • A string of multicolored lights circled the pilothouse of the towboat, and an artificial, faded green wreath was tacked onto a large life ring on the side, near the name Sophie B.

    The Best Way to Lose Janet Dailey 1983

  • A string of multicolored lights circled the pilothouse of the towboat, and an artificial, faded green wreath was tacked onto a large life ring on the side, near the name Sophie B.

    The Best Way to Lose Janet Dailey 1983

  • A string of multicolored lights circled the pilothouse of the towboat, and an artificial, faded green wreath was tacked onto a large life ring on the side, near the name Sophie B.

    The Best Way to Lose Janet Dailey 1983

  • It was reported the mother used the name "Sophie" during her stay at the hospital.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andrew Hough and 2011

  • British reports suggested the baby was born by Caesarean section on September 26 at the Portland Private Hospital, central London and used the name "Sophie" Hong during her stay.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andrew Hough 2011

  • That is, until the day his daughter, Sophie, is born.

    Dirty Job by Christopher Moore: Book summary 2010

  • They move in together and negotiate the complexities of their unequal relationship: Sophie is young and sexy, but culturally and economically insignificant; Carrère is famous and successful, but unable to be happy, crippled by his own petulance and self-absorption.

    A Russian Novel by Emmanuel Carrère – review Josh Lacey 2010

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