nevvy

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/ˈnɛvi/

noun

A nephew.

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Meanings

nounnevvy (plural nevvies)

plural nevvies · alternative nephey · alternative nevey · alternative nevvie · alternative neffy · alternative nevy

  1. UKcolloquialdialectalA nephew.

    What signifies your sisters’ bits o’ money when they’ve got half-a-dozen nevvies and nieces to divide it among?

    1860, George Eliot, chapter VI, in The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons
  2. UKdialectalA grandson.

Origin

Possibly from neve and/or nephew + -y, but compare (now mostly obsolete) widespread dialectal forms such as /ˈɑːɡi/, /ˈɑɹɡi/ argy (“argue”) and /ˈvali/, /ˈvæli/ vally (“value”) with /i/ for unstressed standard English /juː/.

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APA

nevvy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nevvy

MLA

“nevvy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nevvy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nevvy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nevvy.

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