Bessy

English

Etymology

From Bess +‎ -y.

Proper noun

Bessy

1. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth; today more often spelled Bessie.
   • c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], signature G3, verso:

     Looke where he ſtands and glars, wanſt thou eyes, at tral madam come ore the broome Beſſy to mee.