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daffydowndilly
daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly Also daffe-. [A playful expansion of daffo-dilly.] A daffodil; used at first in the generic sense. Still a widespread popular name of the Yellow Daffodil, under the dialect forms daffadown-, -doon-, daffidown-, daffodowndilly.1573 Tusser Husb. xliii. (1878) 95 Herbes, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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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 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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