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Meʹnie (2 syl.)

.

A contraction of Marianne.

“And maun I still on Menie doat,

And bear the scorn that’s in her eʹe?”


Burns.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Menah
Menalcas
Menam
Menamber
Mendicants
Mendoza (Daniel)
Menechmians
Menecrates
Manevia
Meng-tse
Menie
Menippos
Mennonites
Menstruum means a monthly dissolvent (Latin, mensis)
Mental Hallucinations
Mentor
Menu
Meo Periculo (Latin)
Mephibosheth
Mephistopheles, Mephistophilis, Mephostophilus
Mercador Amante