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For Olive's son, Nervous, please look under the Beaker Family. |
For Olive's son, Nervous, please look under the Beaker Family. |
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* '''Nigmos''': Possibly a reference to the Spanish and Portuguese word ''negro'' meaning "black" for the Nigmos's dark complexions. |
* '''Nigmos''': Possibly a reference to the Spanish and Portuguese word ''negro'' meaning "black" for the Nigmos's dark complexions. Alternate definitions include dark, raven, gloomy, and pitchy. |
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* '''[[Ophelia Nigmos]]''' (Olive's niece): Derived from the Greek word ''ophelos'' meaning "help." Ophelia is also the doomed love interest of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." |
* '''[[Ophelia Nigmos]]''' (Olive's niece): Derived from the Greek word ''ophelos'' meaning "help." Ophelia is also the doomed love interest of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." |
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* '''[[Willow Nigmos]]''' (Ophelia's mother, Olive's sister): Refers to the willow tree or more appropriately, the weeping willow tree. This would be more fitting to the Specter family's melancholy name theme. |
* '''[[Willow Nigmos]]''' (Ophelia's mother, Olive's sister): Refers to the willow tree or more appropriately, the weeping willow tree. This would be more fitting to the Specter family's melancholy name theme. |
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