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Clarissa

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• Pronounced： [ klə-RIS-ə (English) ]
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Latinate form of CLARICE. This was the name of the title character in a 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson. In the novel Clarissa is a virtuous woman who is tragically exploited by her family and her lover.

	CLARICE   female   English Medieval vernacular form of the Late Latin name Claritia, which was a derivative of CLARA.
		CLARA   female   Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few early saints. The feminine form was popularized by the 13th-century Saint Clare of Assisi (called Chiara in Italian), a friend and follower of Saint Francis, who left her wealthy family to found the order of nuns known as the Poor Clares. As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages, originally in the form Clare, though the Latinate spelling Clara became more popular in the 19th century.