Etymology

girlie

G2I1R1L1I1E1

Today it means: A magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women. Full definition →

English girl ← Middle English girle ← Old English *gyrele?
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*gaurā
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gurilā
  3. Old English*gyrele?
  4. Middle Englishgirle
  5. Englishgirl
  6. English todaygirlie

From girl + -ie.

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