The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
From “Cordeilla”, a Celtic name, meaning unknown.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Cordeilla, Cordie, Cordula, Cordy, Delia, Della, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Cordelia Burr, an ungainly lass with a sore heart, in need of comfort and friendship, in “A Little Boarding-School Samaritan”, from Nora Perry’s A Flock of Girls and Boys (1895).

Tagged: 1890s, C, English

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• Everything Old is New Again, Vol. II | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  August 30, 2015 at 7:44 am

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