abigail

Meaning of abigail

noun

a lady's maid.

mid 17th century: from the name of a character in The Scornful Lady by Beaumont and Fletcher, possibly in allusion to 1 Sam. 25: 23–24: ‘And when Abigail saw David, she … fell at his feet, and said, “… hear the words of thine handmaid”.’.

Information about abigail

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of abigail is: abigails.
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Hyphenation of abigail

abi-gail

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • abigail is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with abigail

Gail, gail, Abagail, Abigail

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