timothy
IPA: tˈɪmʌθi
noun
- Phleum pratense, timothy-grass, native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.
- Phleum alpinum, mountain timothy, native to North America.
- Other species of genus Phleum.
- Either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy.
- A companion of Paul mentioned in the Bible.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin, also borne by early Christian saints.
- An unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States; named for early postmaster Timothy Stephens.
- A rare English surname originating as a patronymic.
- A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization for Mac Tomaltaigh (“son of Tomaltach”) (Tumulty).
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Examples of "timothy" in Sentences
- Chalk up another fan for Timothy.
- Timothy is a masculine given name.
- Timothy Dalton was the saturnine actor.
- Timothy is simply not telling the truth.
- I am not this Timothy that you speak of.
- Timothy seems to be in a hurry to revert.
- Ethan's uncle, Timothy's younger brother.
- He turns out to be the father of Timothy.
- But the band manager and timothy paid no attention to it.
- NONE OF US are living in the time or paul or first "timothy", pal.
- She is the daughter of the philosopher and logician Timothy Smiley.
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