What does "daisy" mean?
A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals
Daisy
/ˈdeɪzi/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals
- Grammar: daisy is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: ace, beaut, common daisy, corker.
- Useful contrasts: weed.
- Usage evidence: If you keep early hours, you may always be fresh as a daisy in the morning.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals
- 2 A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.
- 3 any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl wordnet
- 4 Any of numerous other flowering plants of various species, mostly among the asterids.
- 5 A boot or other footwear. Cockney, slang
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- 6 Something splendid; a doozy. colloquial
"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?""
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from English.
"Mrs. Fairfax kept always an eye upon him, and in spite of his familiarity with her, so restrained him in his intercourse with Margaret, that he could not for his life call her Daisy any more, though he had done so on the first day of their acquaintance."
- 2 A surname.
- 3 Acronym of Digital Accessible Information System, an XML-based open standard for people whose disability makes it difficult to read print. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 A common name for a cow.
"The heifer Daisy died in September 1811."
Synonyms
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Example
"If you keep early hours, you may always be fresh as a daisy in the morning."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "daisy"?
Common synonyms include: ace, beaut, common daisy, corker, crackerjack, daisies.
How do you use "daisy" in a sentence?
If you keep early hours, you may always be fresh as a daisy in the morning.
How do you pronounce "daisy"?
Pronounced /ˈdeɪzi/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".
Etymology 3
Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.
Etymology 4
Three possible origins: * Americanized form of a French habitational surname, from either of two places called Aisy. * Variant of the Irish surname Dacey. * From the flower name, probably used as a nickname.