HOW TO PRONOUNCE
gladys
/ˈɡlædɪs/
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What does gladys mean?
proper noun
- A female given name from Welsh.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡlædɪs/
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“I hope Dorian has told you about my plan for rechristening everything, Gladys. It is a delightful idea.”
We get so we would rather Gladys would fall out of the book and break her neck than do it again.
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Veronica Eustacia and Rosalind Gladys, in white-lace frocks and lovely sashes, had just got in, and Guy Clarence, aged five, was following them.
The fat, fair baby with the lace cap was Ethelberta Beauchamp Montmorency; the next baby was Violet Cholmondely Montmorency; the little boy who could just stagger, and who had such round legs, was Sydney Cecil Vivian Montmorency; and then came Lilian Evangeline, Guy Clarence, Maud Marian, Rosalind Gladys, Veronica Eustacia, and Claude Harold Hector.