Percy

An English surname from Old French.

Proper noun

  1. An English surname from Old French.
    • Hot[spur]. My name is Harry Percy. / Pr[ince]. VVhy then I ſee / A very valiant rebel of that name; / I am the Prince of VVales, and thinke not Percy / To ſhare vvith me in glory any more: / Tvvo ſtars keepe not their...
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname or from a clipping of Percival, of Middle Ages and later usage.
    • Speaking of Sligo, I have written again to ask if I may visit there sometime soon, and talk to the administrator, who it turns out is an old acquaintance, a man called Percival Quinn, I think the only Percy I have heard...
  3. A place name:

    1. A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

    2. A village in Manche department, Normandy, France.

    3. A township in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States.

    4. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.

    5. A village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States.

Origin

Proper noun senses 1 (surname) and 3 (place names) are derived from Norman Percy (“a baronial surname”), from Percy-en-Auge (“a place in Pays d’Auge, Normandy, France”, literally “Percy in Auge”), from Old French Perci, from Late Latin Persiacum, from Latin Persius (“a Gallo-Roman nomen gentile”), from Etruscan 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (persu); further etymology uncertain, possibly from 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”). Proper noun sense 2 (given name) is either from the above, or is a clipping of Perc(ival) + -y (suffix forming familiar names). The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Sense 2 (“penis”) is probably from the fact that Percy and penis begin with the same letter.

Derived

Bolton Percy Kilnwick Percy Percabeth Percy Main

Noun

  1. A male person regarded as unmanly or weak; a sissy.
    • The military arm is considerably bothered by the problem of what to do with him [the conscientious objector]. It tacitly invites the rank and file to have a lark with him in barracks, in the hope that if he is bullied...
    • He never palliated his villainy, never helped old ladies across the street to show that he was a sweet kid au fond or prated about his Oedipus complex like the Percy boys who portray heavies today. - 1957, S[idney]...

    Synonyms: nancy pansy bading big girl's blouse cockney cot-quean cupcake dudelet fakaleiti fairy femboy gentleman ginch girl's blouse girlyman janegirl jessie nancyboy nancy pants Percy poof poofter posy sniffer pretty boy

    Antonyms: Chad he-man macho jock macho man man among men manimal

  2. A male conscientious objector.
  3. An educated soldier; specifically, an officer.
    • ["]I must admit I'm not terribly good at figures." / "Never met an officer as was," said Sam. "Most of the young Percies in our mob had to take their boots off to count up to twenty. But don't worry about that. Aunty'll...
  4. Chiefly in point Percy at the porcelain: the penis.

    Synonyms: anaconda baloney pony bald-headed hermit banana birdie bobby boonga cack choad choda chode chopper cigar cock corey crank cucumber custard launcher D dick dicklet diddle diddly dingaling

Forms

Percies

Derived

Percy boy point Percy at the porcelain