alison
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
Definition of alison
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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(countable)A female given name from the Germanic languages.
“He came up close and kneeling gently down He said, "My love, my dearest Alison, So help me God, I never again will hit You, love; and if I did, you asked for it.”
““Fun Home” may have won several awards for author Alison Bechdel, but some Duke University freshmen were not impressed.”
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name
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(countable)A female given name from the Germanic languages.
“He came up close and kneeling gently down He said, "My love, my dearest Alison, So help me God, I never again will hit You, love; and if I did, you asked for it.”
““Fun Home” may have won several awards for author Alison Bechdel, but some Duke University freshmen were not impressed.”
- (countable)A surname.
- (countable, uncountable)A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
- Synonym of alyssum.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French Alisonder. Middle English Alisoun English Alison From Middle English Alisoun, from Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans (from Anglo-Norman Alison, from Norman Alison), diminutive of Aliz, equivalent to English Alice, from Old High German Adalhaid (“of noble kind”).
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