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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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daffy
▪ I. daffy, n.2 colloq. (orig. dial.). (ˈdæfɪ) Abbreviated form of daffodilly. So ˈdaffying n. (see quot. 1871).1777 M. Cutler in W. P. & J. P. Cutler Life & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 63 Planted out in my borders in a great alley..early and late Daffies, and Peonies. 1871 Leisure Hour 25 Mar. 184/1 ...
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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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dilly
▪ I. dilly, n.1 (ˈdɪlɪ) [Abbreviation of diligence2.] † 1. A familiar term for the diligence or public stage-coach of former days. Obs.1786 Mackenzie Lounger No. 54 ¶5 A coach with eight insides, besides two boys and their governor in the dilly. 1798 J. W. Frere Loves of the Triangles (Anti- Jacobin...
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primrose peerless
ˈprimrose ˈpeerless [See the two words.] † 1. Originally used in the senses of the two words: A peerless or unrivalled primrose; usually fig.: see primrose n. 3. Obs. rare.1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel 1447 This ieloffer ientyll, this rose, this lylly flowre, This primerose pereles. 1542 Bale Myst. Iniq...
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silver-leaved
silver-leaved, a. Also -leafed. [silver n. 17.] Having silvery leaves.1731 Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Coronilla, Silver-leav'd..Colutea of Candia. 1822 Hortus Anglicus II. 231 A. Barba Jovis. Silver-leaved Anthyllis, or Jupiter's Beard. 1831 Tennyson in Gem 131 With..drooping daffodilly, And silver-lea...
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green
▪ I. green, a. and n. (griːn) Forms: 1 grœ́ni, gréne, 2–7 grene, 4–6 grenn(e, greyn(e, 4–7 greene, gren, 6 greane, grein(e, gryne, 7 grien, 5– green. [OE. gréne = OFris. grêne, OS. grôni (MDu. grone, Du. groen), OHG. gruoni, kruoni (MHG. grüene, G. grün), ON. grœnn (Da. gr{obar}n Sw. grön):— OTeut. ...
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