单词 | daffadowndilly |
释义 | daffadowndillyn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1573 |
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