The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
From the English word “royal”, meaning, well, “royal” . . . Ultimately derived from Latin via French, meaning “kingly”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Leroi, Leroy, Rollo, Roy, Royale, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Royal Purcel, the “egg-boy” with a hidden artistic talent, in “The Egg-Boy” from Nora Perry’s A Flock of Girls and Boys (1895).

Tagged: 1890s, English, R

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  October 8, 2014 at 4:35 am

  […] meaning “king”. Sometimes used as a diminutive of “Leroy”, “Royal“, […]

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