Melissa Definition

məlisə
noun
A feminine name: dim. Missy.
Webster's New World
A plant of the Melissa genus, especially lemon balm, often used medicinally.
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Synonyms:
  • genus Melissa
pronoun

(Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.

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A female given name. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
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Other Word Forms of Melissa

Noun

Singular:
Melissa
Plural:
melissas

Origin of Melissa

  • From Late Latin melissa, from Ancient Greek μέλισσα (melissa, “bee") (because the plant attracted bees).

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  • In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maoilíosa "servant of Jesus".

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Melissa Sentence Examples

  • That's Melissa, Billy's chick.

  • He's the expert on the subject of partying, that's for sure, but him and Melissa took off.

  • Then she added, "Thank God Melissa wasn't with him."

  • All I could think of was Randy and how lucky we are that he's got his act together in spite of this business with Jen—how much better off he is than Billy— and Jen than Melissa.

  • His thoughts wandered to Billy Langstrom's love-widow Melissa, now absent even those precious two commodities with which to face the world.

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Words Starting With

MMEMEL

Words Ending With

ASASSA

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Melissa

Words Starting With M and Ending With A

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With M7 Letter Words Ending With A