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affodill
† ˈaffodill Obs. Forms: 5 affadille, affodylle, 5–6 affadyll(e, 6 affodyl, 7 affodille, -dill, -dil. [ad. med.L. affodillus (Promp. Parv., Turner Lib., and Bailey vol. II), prob. for late L. *asfodillus, *asphodillus, for cl. L. asphodilus (Pallad.) and asphodelus; a. Gr. ἀσϕοδελός. The form *asphod...
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frodils
† ˈfrodils Obs. Also 7 frodels. [shortened ad. Fr. afrodille: see affodill.] = affodill 1.1674 N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. i. (1677) 146 Two pound of the Roots of Frodels. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Mange, The Roots of Frodils two Pounds.
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daffodil
daffodil (ˈdæfədɪl) Also 6 daffodyll, 6–7 daffo-, daffadill, 7–8 daffadil. (9 daffodel): see also daffodilly, and daffadowndilly. [A variant of affodill, q.v. The initial d has not been satisfactorily accounted for. It has been variously suggested as due to childish or playful distortion, as in Ted ...
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daffadilly
▪ I. daffodilly, daffadilly, n. (ˈdæfədɪlɪ) [f. prec.: perh. influenced by lily.] The same as daffodil: a poetic (and dialect) form.1538 [see affodill]. 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. Jan. 22 Thy sommer prowde, with Daffadillies dight. 1593 Drayton Eclogues iii. 81 See that there be store of Lillyes, (Cal...
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asphodel
asphodel Bot. (ˈæsfəʊdɪl) Also 6–7 asphodill. [ad. L. asphodil-us, asphodel-us, a. Gr. ἀσϕόδελ-ος, of unkn. origin. The earlier form (ad. med.L. affodillus) was affodil, q.v., whence daffodil.] 1. A genus of liliaceous plants with very handsome flowers, mostly natives of the south of Europe. The Whi...
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