cecil

plural cecils

1. cookingA fried ball of minced meat, breadcrumbs, onions, etc.

   They have a wonderful recipe for beef cecils.

1. A unisex given name from Latin.
   1. A male given name from Latin.

      John Sumner always called him "Sissy" but other kids called him Cecil or See-sal or Weasil. He didn't mind anything except "Sissy". Every time he heard it he saw red.

      1968, Ivan Southall, Let the Balloon Go, Methuen, page 91

      1 more example

      Ms. Davis — who at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicry — often led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif.

      2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022

   2. A female given name from Latin.
2. A surname from Welsh.
3. A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
   2. A town in Cook County, Georgia.
   3. A village in Paulding County, Ohio.
   4. An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon.
   5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
   6. An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia.
   7. A village in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
   8. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Cecil Township.