1 of 1. For example, an evening event in a grand ballroom with a seated multi-course dinner and an orchestra calls for equally impressive attire: for the groom, full dress or white tie; for the bride, perhaps a satin gown with a voluminous skirt and long veil.
BRICTIUS: Variant spelling of Latin Bricius, meaning pied, spotted, speckled.. BRUTUS: Roman Latin name meaning heavy or the dullard.. In use by the English. CADMUS: Latin form of Greek Kadmos, meaning the east.. In mythology, this is the name of the brother of Europa.
The genus name Fratercula is derived from Latin and means little brother, a reference to the black and white plumage, which resembles monastic robes. The English name puffin was originally applied to the Manx shearwater which (in 1652) was known as the Manks Puffin. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English pophyn or poffin) for the cured carcasses of nestling Manx shearwaters.