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Archy

1

[ ahr-chee ]

noun

  1. a first name, form of Archibald.


-archy

2
  1. a combining form meaning “rule,” “government,” forming abstract nouns usually corresponding to personal nouns ending in -arch:

    monarchy; oligarchy.

-archy

combining form

  1. government; rule

    monarchy

    anarchy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • -archic, combining_form:in_adjective
  • -archist, combining_form:in_noun:countable
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Archy1

Middle English -archie < Latin -archia < Greek, equivalent to arch ( os ) or -arch ( ēs ) -arch + -ia -y 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Archy1

from Greek -arkhia; see -arch
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Example Sentences

Ursula Granger had given birth to a boy named Archy, who later died.

Constructed out of loose, brisk chapters with little punctuation or capitalization — the cat is plainly an alumnus of the Archy and Mehitabel school of talking-animal prose — the plot is effectively a series of trials.

A history of the most ecologically diverse and multicultural state in the country, from the “conflict, turmoil and violence” of Indigenous dispossession to the resistance of people like Archy Lee and Marilyn Greene.

There’s a fine line between sensitivity and self-aggrandisement, one that both King Krule’s Archy Marshall and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker get on the right side of on their new albums.

“Don’t know exactly,” replies Archy.

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