Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, often a diminutive of Clara and its relatives. Also, "a nun of the order of St. Clare" (1790s); the Franciscan order also known as the Poor Clares (c.1600).
Wikipedia
Clarisse may refer to:
- Clarisse McClellan, a character from Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451
- Clarisse (Percy Jackson), a female character in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians book
- Clarisse et Florent, a song related to 13th century French epic Huon de Bordeaux
- Eddy Clarisse (born 1972), retired badminton player from Mauritius
- Clarisse d'Cagliostro, a character in The Castle of Cagliostro
- a member of the Poor Clares
Usage examples of "clarisse".
Mack guy or whatever the hell his name was, and so help him if he ever touched Clarisse again.
Domitilla Galluzzi, who entered the house of the Clarisses in Pavia in 1616, and later wrote her own interpretation of the Rule of Saint Clare.
Gregory, however, weighing the general welfare of the Clarisses throughout Italy and France, had forced other convents to accept real property that could be sold or rented for profit.
It didn't matter, he had warned this Mack guy or whatever the hell his name was, and so help him if he ever touched Clarisse again.
But Clarisse thinks that it was a swarm of fragments, from one of the blown up derelicts, on an unpredictable orbit.
He opened his mouth and it was Clarisse McClellan saying, “Didn't firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up and get them going?
Clarisse Pearl Heggesvold picked up several four-by-six masonry blocks and threw them at the male Mexican's car--a red-and-white Buick two-door, license number MAG-78o.
Clarisse would have ignored him if it were not for the fact that as she passed, he took something long, white and oddly familiar from his coat and proceeded to chew on it, as on a peppermint stick.
That blasted von Donderberg was still putting up a fight, and Sonya and Clarisse, who had come to the Commodore's aid, were more of a hindrance than a help.