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daisy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdeɪ.zi/ (UK)
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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.

Meanings

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, slang) A boot or other footwear.
4. (colloquial) Something splendid; a doozy.
   • 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?" 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:

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Deriveds

daisy bush (terms derived from daisy) · Engelmann's daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Moroccan daisy (terms derived from daisy) · seaside daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Singapore daisy (terms derived from daisy) · midsummer daisy (terms derived from daisy) · daisy-chain (terms derived from daisy) · marguerite daisies (terms derived from daisy) · English daisy (terms derived from daisy) · moon daisy (terms derived from daisy) · electric daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Pyrenees daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Barberton daisy (terms derived from daisy) · daisylike (terms derived from daisy) · daisy chain (terms derived from daisy) · ham-and-eggs daisy (terms derived from daisy) · lawn daisy (terms derived from daisy) · upsy-daisy (terms derived from daisy) · daisy-kicker (terms derived from daisy) · Livingstone daisy (terms derived from daisy) · yellow-tongue daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Swan River daisy (terms derived from daisy) · turfing daisy (terms derived from daisy) · tricolor daisy (terms derived from daisy) · deuseaville (terms derived from daisy) · Lord Howe daisy (terms derived from daisy) · white daisy (terms derived from daisy) · crown daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Townsend daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Easter daisy (terms derived from daisy) · blue daisy (terms derived from daisy) · daisied (terms derived from daisy) · daisy fleabane (terms derived from daisy) · Hawkesbury daisy (terms derived from daisy) · stiff daisy (terms derived from daisy) · sea oxeye daisy (terms derived from daisy) · variable daisy (terms derived from daisy) · bull daisy (terms derived from daisy) · ox-eye daisy (terms derived from daisy) · chocolate daisy (terms derived from daisy) · kingfisher daisy (terms derived from daisy) · snow daisy-bush (terms derived from daisy) · daisy-cutter (terms derived from daisy) · gloriosa daisy (terms derived from daisy) · mountain daisy (terms derived from daisy) · whoops-a-daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Bartlett daisy (terms derived from daisy) · hill daisy (terms derived from daisy) · livingstone daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Montauk daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Daisy Hill (terms derived from daisy) · oxeye daisy (terms derived from daisy) · African bush daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Daisy Bank (terms derived from daisy) · Carmel daisy (terms derived from daisy) · fresh as a daisy (terms derived from daisy) · cut-leaved daisy (terms derived from daisy) · daisy wheel (terms derived from daisy) · Michaelmas daisy (terms derived from daisy) · orange daisy (terms derived from daisy) · whoopsy-daisy (terms derived from daisy) · grassland daisy (terms derived from daisy) · rock daisy (terms derived from daisy) · whoopsie-daisy (terms derived from daisy) · blackfoot daisy (terms derived from daisy) · globe daisies (terms derived from daisy) · push up daisies (terms derived from daisy) · yam daisy (terms derived from daisy) · straggler daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Nippon daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Transvaal daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Hooker's Townsend daisy (terms derived from daisy) · dog daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Cape beach daisy (terms derived from daisy) · snow daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Paris daisy (terms derived from daisy) · painted daisy (terms derived from daisy) · dill daisies (terms derived from daisy) · African daisies (terms derived from daisy) · showy daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Tahoka daisy (terms derived from daisy) · swamp daisy (terms derived from daisy) · freeway daisy (terms derived from daisy) · lazy daisy (terms derived from daisy) · daisy cutter (terms derived from daisy) · daisy wheel printer (terms derived from daisy) · woolly daisy (terms derived from daisy) · field daisy (terms derived from daisy) · common daisy (terms derived from daisy) · angelita daisy (terms derived from daisy) · yellow paper daisy (terms derived from daisy) · sea daisy (terms derived from daisy) · oopsy-daisy (terms derived from daisy) · false daisy (terms derived from daisy) · Shasta daisy (terms derived from daisy) · poached egg daisy (terms derived from daisy) · mat daisy (terms derived from daisy) · tufted daisy (terms derived from daisy)

Translations (127)

nb tusenfryd (Bellis perennis) · om hadaa (Bellis perennis) · nrf amouroque (Bellis perennis) · lv mārpuķīte (Bellis perennis) · th เดซี (Bellis perennis) · cy llygad y dydd (Bellis perennis) · cs sedmikráska chudobka (Bellis perennis) · sh tràtīnčica (Bellis perennis) · kw caja (commonly used term for related flowers) · kw egor Duw (Bellis perennis) · bg паричка (Bellis perennis) · es margarita (commonly used term for related flowers) · rsk марґитка (Bellis perennis) · li bleikblom (Bellis perennis) · vi hoa cúc mâm xôi (Bellis perennis) · sq margaritë (Bellis perennis) · ro margaretă (commonly used term for related flowers) · sq luleshqerrë (Bellis perennis) · bg пари́чка (commonly used term for related flowers) · sq lule dheshë (Vuthaj) (Bellis perennis) · nrn kokkeluri (Bellis perennis) · pl stokrotka (Bellis perennis) · fr marguerite (commonly used term for related flowers) · yi מאַרגאַריטקע (Bellis perennis) · eu basabitxilorea (Bellis perennis) · lzz loresima (commonly used term for related flowers) · ang dæġes ēage (Bellis perennis) · my ဒေစီ (Bellis perennis) · cy llygad y dydd (commonly used term for related flowers) · gl margarida (Bellis perennis) · ja 延命菊 (Bellis perennis) · lzz loresima (Bellis perennis) · tr papatya (Bellis perennis) · lo ດອກກ້ານກ່ອງ (Bellis perennis) · ar أُقْحُوَان (Bellis perennis) · ro bănuțel (Bellis perennis) · sq lule dhensh (Elbasan) (Bellis perennis) · az qızçiçəyi (Bellis perennis) · sh bȇla ráda (Bellis perennis) · it margherita (commonly used term for related flowers) · de Tausendschönchen (Bellis perennis) · om adaa (Bellis perennis) · io margriteto (Bellis perennis) · bg маргаритка (Bellis perennis) · sq lule kacidhe (Bellis perennis) · fi päivänkakkara (oxeye daisy) (commonly used term for related flowers) · ja 雛菊 (Bellis perennis) · eu txiribita (Bellis perennis) · he חִנָּנִית (Bellis perennis) · mr शास्त्रीफूल (Bellis perennis) · cmn 雛菊 /雏菊 (Bellis perennis) · rsk искирички (Bellis perennis) · ro bănuț (Bellis perennis) · km ផ្កាឈូករ័ត្ន (Bellis perennis) · ca margarida (commonly used term for related flowers) · cmn 延命菊 (Bellis perennis) · sw kibibimlima (Bellis perennis) · hu százszorszép (Bellis perennis) · yue 雛菊 /雏菊 (Bellis perennis) · rsk яново квеце (Bellis perennis) · bg маргари́тка (commonly used term for related flowers) · ro părăluță (Bellis perennis) · oc margarida (Bellis perennis) · ko 데이지 (Bellis perennis) · sq lule buke (Pogradec) (Bellis perennis) · sq luledele (Bellis perennis) · ang dæġes ēage (commonly used term for related flowers) · sq lule delme (tosk) (Bellis perennis) · rsk красавец (Bellis perennis) · da tusindfryd (Bellis perennis) · ca margaridoia (Bellis perennis) · de Tagesauge (Bellis perennis) · nrf pâquerette (Bellis perennis) · om keelloo (Bellis perennis) · es chiribita (Bellis perennis) · sw jaja (commonly used term for related flowers) · et harilik kirikakar (Bellis perennis) · no margaritt (commonly used term for related flowers) · gl gamarza (Bellis perennis) · lv ilggadīgā mārpuķīte (Bellis perennis) · is fagurfífill (Bellis perennis) · hi गुलबहार (Bellis perennis) · gl magarza (Bellis perennis) · vi hoa cúc (Bellis perennis) · sl marjética (Bellis perennis) · mi parani (commonly used term for related flowers) · kmr beybûn (Bellis perennis) · sv tusensköna (Bellis perennis) · eo lekanto (Bellis perennis) · it margheritina (Bellis perennis) · el μαργαρίτα (Bellis perennis) · fr marguerite (Bellis perennis) · ka ზიზილა (Bellis perennis) · fr pâquerette (Bellis perennis) · ru маргари́тка (Bellis perennis) · pdt Gaunsebloom (Bellis perennis) · tr papatya (commonly used term for related flowers) · sv prästkrage (commonly used term for related flowers) · tl butonsilyo (Bellis perennis) · nl madeliefje (Bellis perennis) · de Gänseblümchen (Bellis perennis) · cy llygad (commonly used term for related flowers) · gd neòinean (Bellis perennis) · fi tuhatkauno (Bellis perennis) · rsk ґрайцарики (Bellis perennis) · fi kaunokainen (Bellis perennis) · lt daugiametė saulutė (Bellis perennis) · nl margriet (commonly used term for related flowers) · de Tagesauge (commonly used term for related flowers) · be стакротка (Bellis perennis) · hy մարգարտածաղիկ (Bellis perennis) · pt margarida (Bellis perennis) · fo summardái (Bellis perennis) · ga nóinín (Bellis perennis) · sk sedmokráska (Bellis perennis) · tr yoğurt çiçeği (Bellis perennis) · lb Margréitchen (Bellis perennis) · nn tusenfryd (Bellis perennis) · lt saulutė (Bellis perennis) · kk дәстүргүл (commonly used term for related flowers) · it pratolina (Bellis perennis) · ca margaridoia perenne (Bellis perennis) · pt margarida (commonly used term for related flowers) · uk маргари́тка (Bellis perennis) · sq lule dele (gheg) (Bellis perennis) · ab адәыкакаҷ (Bellis perennis) · es margarita común (Bellis perennis)