daisy
Meaning
- A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals
- Any of numerous other flowering plants of various species, mostly among the asterids.
- (Cockney, slang) A boot or other footwear.
- (colloquial) Something splendid; a doozy.
Synonyms
common daisy
lawn-daisy
Erigeron annuus
white daisy
Easter daisy
moon daisy
ox-eyed daisy
stemless daisy
lawn daisy
english daisy
Translations
marguerite
margarita
Gänseblümchen
margarida
margherita
papatya
μαργαρίτα
margarida
meizoentjeFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdeɪ.zi/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæġes ēage (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.
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