Daphnen.
/ˈdafniː/ 1. (a) The laurel. (b) in Botany. The name of a genus of flowering shrubs containing the Spurge Laurel and Mezereon.
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c1430 J. Lydgate Compl. Black Knight x I sawe the Daphene closed under rynde, Grene laurer and the holsome pyne.
1634 W. Habington Castara i. 4 Climbe yonder forked hill, and see if there Ith' barke of every Daphne, not appeare Castara written.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxi. 497 Daphnes flourish marvellously and remain in flower a long time.
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2. Astronomy. The name of the 41st of the Asteroids.
Derivatives
ˈDaphnean adj. [ < Greek Δαϕναῖος, Latin Daphnæus] of or pertaining to Daphne; transferred of or pertaining to virgin timidity and shyness.
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the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > relating to virgin timidity and shyness
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society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > modesty or decency > [adjective] > relating to virgin shyness
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1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iii. sig. Fv Nor Northen coldnes nyppe her Daphnean flower.
1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders III. vii. 138 The Daphnean instinct, exceptionally strong in her as a girl.
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Madeira laurel1796
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1716) 398 They [Bays]..grow upright and would make a noble Daphneon.
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