daisy

See also: Daisy and DAISY

English

Alternative forms

  • daisie, daysie (both obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪ.zi/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪzi

Noun

daisy (plural daisies)

  1. A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals
  2. Any of numerous other flowering plants of various species, mostly among the asterids.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.
  4. (colloquial) Something splendid; a doozy.
    • 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:
      Then Dan drew the sheath-knife and tested the edge of it on the gunwale.
      "That's a daisy," said Harvey. "How did you get it so cheap?"

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