melissaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /məˈlɪsə/
• 韻: -ɪsə

固有名詞

Melissa

1. (Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight / Appointed to attend her dewly day and night

   • 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:

     Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest.

   • 1959, Nicholas Blake, The Widow's Cruise, page 9:

     - - - by Mrs. Melissa Blaydon and Miss Ianthe Ambrose.
     "Well, they may be sisters," said Nigel. "Those elegant, classical Christian names suggest one father.

   • 2016 August 31, “GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney”, in Industrial Scripts‎:

     The first line of dialogue is from an off-screen Field Commander Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), asking the team to stay in sight and “make NASA proud”.

参考

• Melitta (< μέλιττα (mélitta))

アナグラム

• aimless, Milases, Salemis, misseal, mesails, Esmails, Maisels, seismal, samiels