Filly Definition

fĭlē
fillies
noun
A young female horse, specif. one under five years of age.
Webster's New World
A vivacious young woman or girl.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • female horse
  • foal
  • young mare

Other Word Forms of Filly

Noun

Singular:
filly
Plural:
fillies

Origin of Filly

  • Middle English filli from Old Norse fylja pau-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Norse fylja (whence Danish føl).

    From Wiktionary

Filly Sentence Examples

  • That filly left the stable long time ago.

  • She had this pretty little filly with her, and I didn't have the heart to separate them.

  • I have a mare; and we have a five-year-old mare with a colt, a four year-old filly, and a two-year-old filly... oh, and my mare is going to foal again in January.

  • As the days passed, the little filly grew stronger and they finally released her in the pasture with her mother and sisters.

  • June leaped into July and Random gave birth to a little filly for Jonathan.

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Words Starting With

FFIFIL

Words Ending With

YLYLLY

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Words Starting With F and Ending With Y

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With F5 Letter Words Ending With Y