Definitions for Clarissa
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1. Clarissanoun

   A female given name from Latin.

   My wife's maiden name - Unmarried name, I should rather say was Harlowe - Clarissa Harlowe - you heard me call her my Clarissa -

2. Etymology: A Latinate form of Clarice, from Latin Claritia, a fanciful medieval variant of Clara.

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1. Clarissa

   Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life. And Particularly Shewing, the Distresses that May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, In Relation to Marriage is an epistolary novel by English writer Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a young woman, Clarissa Harlowe, whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family. The Harlowes are a recently wealthy family whose preoccupation with increasing their standing in society leads to obsessive control of their daughter, Clarissa. It is considered one of the longest novels in the English language (based on estimated word count). It is generally regarded as Richardson's masterpiece. In 2015, the BBC ranked Clarissa 14th on its list of the 100 greatest British novels. In 2013 The Guardian included Clarissa among the 100 best novels written in English.

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1. Clarissa

   Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language.

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How to pronounce Clarissa?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Clarissa in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Clarissa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Clarissa in a Sentence

1. The State Department:

   And the troop deployment was the lead across all the network nightly newscasts on Thursday evening. ABC's David Muir : on the groundA small number of correspondents for Western news outlets are in Afghanistan and are giving voice to the citizens there. For example, CNN's chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward filed a report from Kandahar last weekend. Flash forward a few days, and she says.

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References

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