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单词 daffadowndilly
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daffadowndillyn.

Forms: Also daffedowndilly, daffydowndilly.
Etymology: A playful expansion of daffodilly n.
1. A daffodil; used at first in the generic sense. Still a popular name of the Yellow Daffodil, under the dialect forms daffadowndilly, daffadoondilly, daffidowndilly, daffodowndilly.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > daffodil
daffodilly1538
daffadowndilly1573
yellow crow-bells1578
daffodil1592
Lide-flower1609
Lide-lily1609
trumpet1705
daffy1777
Lent rose1796
chalice-flower1824
Lent lilya1825
Lenten lily1874
dilly1878
Golden Spur1886
trumpet daffodil1895
King Alfred1899
daff1915
bell-rose-
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 40v Herbes, branchis & flowers for windowes & potts..6 Daffadondillies.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 140 Strowe mee the grounde with daffadowndillies.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. li Their Hair..stuck with Roses, Gilly-flowers..Daffidown-dillies.
1840 R. H. Barham Mr. Barney Maguire's Acct. in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 289 With roses and lillies, and daffy-down-dillies.
2. A shrub: probably the Mezereon (see quot. 1878).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > daphnes > [noun]
laureolec1386
Daphnec1430
mezereona1500
laurel1548
daffadowndilly1591
Dutch mezereon1597
herb terrible1597
spurge laurel1597
widow wail1597
rock rose1629
spurge olive1668
spurge flax1678
wood laurel1728
mezereum1754
Daphnad1847
spurge Daphne1872
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Adelfa A daffadoundilly, or rather rose bay tree, Rhododaphne.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Oleándro, the weede Oleander. Also a Daffadounedillie.
1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 140 Daffadowndilly,..Daphne Mezerum..[in Yorkshire] From the slight similarity of the Greek name Daphne with Daffodil
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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