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Pronunciation: [tˈɛs] (IPA)

Tess is a name that can be synonymous with some other names. Some suggested synonyms for Tess are Tessa, Teresa, Theresa, Therese, Tessie, Tessica, Tressa, Tesia, and Taysia. These names may sound alike, but they retain their own unique meanings and origins. For instance, Tessa is of Greek origin meaning "harvest," while Theresa is of Spanish and Portuguese origin meaning "harvester" or "summer." Tessie is a diminutive of Tess and is a popular name in Scotland, and Tressa is derived from Celtic meaning "third." All these names have a certain ring to them and offer options for parents who are looking for a suitable name for their daughters.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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It prevails in Poland, as you may discover by reading Sienkiewicz's "Whirlpools"; it prevails in England, as you may discover from Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles."
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
But they will weep as they read of the death of Little Nell and be moved by the sorrows of Anna Karenina, and be stirred by the tragedy of Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben

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  • Times like this, with the wind moving the grass and curling around her like a huge cool hand, Tess felt the world as a second presence, as another person, as if the wind and the grass had voices of their own and she could hear them talking.
    Robert Charles Wilson
  • "Justice" was done, and the President of the Immortals (in Aeschylean phrase) had ended his sport with Tess. And the d'Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength, they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
    Thomas Hardy
  • But oh yes, dear Louis, she [Tess] is vile. The pretence of 'sexuality' is only equalled by the absence of it, and the abomination of the language by the author's reputation for style.
    Thomas Hardy

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