Flossie

Flossie
A diminutive of the female given name Florence.

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  • Flossie — may refer: * Hurricane Flossie * Flossie Page * Flossie Wong Staalee also* Floss * Flossy …   Wikipedia

  • Flossie — f English: pet form from a contraction of FLORENCE (SEE Florence), common in the 19th century, but now no longer much used. The popularity of the name was no doubt enhanced by association with the soft downy material known as floss …   First names dictionary

  • Flossie Page — Flossie E. Page (Haven, Kansas, June 12, 1893 – Butler County, Kansas, February 22, 2006) [Social Security Death Index; 509689388] was an American supercentenarian who broke the record for the oldest person of Kansas on record on February 9, 2006 …   Wikipedia

  • Flossie Wong-Staal — Naissance 27 août 1947 (Chine) Champs Virologie, Immunologie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Flossie Wong-Staal — (黃以靜 pinyin: Huáng Yǐ jìng, August 27, 1947 ), born Yee Ching Wong, is a Chinese American virologist and molecular biologist. She is sometimes credited as a co discoverer of HIV along with Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier. She was the first person …   Wikipedia

  • Flossie — /flaw see, flos ee/, n. a female given name, form of Florence. * * * …   Universalium

  • Flossie — Provenance. Forme anglo saxonne de Florence. Vient du latin florens , signifie : florissant Se fête le 1er décembre. Histoire. Florence est païenne et vit en Asie Mineure lorsqu elle rencontre Saint Hilaire, évêque de Poitiers alors en exil.… …   Dictionnaire des prénoms français, arabes et bretons

  • flossie — adj, n (behaving like) an ostentatious, preten tious or otherwise obnoxious female. Said to derive originally from floss in the sense of thong underwear, the term is used by females in the UK and USA of those they disapprove of …   Contemporary slang

  • Flossie — n. female first name (form of Florence) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Flossie — /flaw see, flos ee/, n. a female given name, form of Florence …   Useful english dictionary

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