The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Shortened version of “Florence” or “Flora”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Fflur, Fiorenza, Fleur, Floor, Flora, Flore, Floreen, Floella, Florence, Florene, Florentia, Floretta, Florette, Floris, Florrie, Flossie, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Flo (Florence) Aplin, a snobbish, bragging girl from a snobbish, bragging family, in “Esther Bodn”, from Nora Perry’s A Flock of Girls and Boys (1895).

Tagged: 1890s, English, F

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  August 29, 2014 at 12:07 pm

  […] IN LITERATURE: – Florence Aplin (called “Flo“), a snobbish, bragging girl from a snobbish, bragging family, in “Esther Bodn”, […]

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