daffodil
/ˈdæfəˌdɪl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.56 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.
Countable
name
A female given name from English.
Example Sentences
- "When daffadils begin to peere, / With heigh the Doxy ouer the dale, / Why then comes in the ſweet o’ the yeere, / For the red blood raigns in yͤ winters pale."
- "I wandered lonely as a Cloud / That floats on high o’er Vales and Hills, / When all at once I saw a crowd / A host of dancing Daffodills; / Along the Lake, beneath the trees, / Ten thousand dancing in the breeze."
- "Was there ever a more beautiful name in the world than daffodil? Say it over to yourself, and then say “agapanthus” or “chrysanthemum,” or anything else you please, and tell me if the daffodils do not have it."
- "As us fairy folk sweep from the hill Never caught us and never will Pulling roses and daffodils Mayhem in the high degree."
- "Where ships of purple gently toss / On seas of daffodil, / Fantastic sailors mingle, / And then—the wharf is still."
- ""Pansy would be his wife," Delia guessed. "Yes, and the baby's name is Daffodil, can you believe it?" "There's a baby?" "And it wasn't even a springtime baby! It was born in October!""
Etymology
Variant of Middle English affodill (“ramson”), from Medieval Latin affodillus, from Latin asphodelus, from Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos), of Pre-Greek origin. The initial d- is perhaps from merging of the article in Dutch de affodil, the Netherlands being a source for bulbs (compare adder, apron, newt, nickname, orange and umpire for this rebracketing process). Doublet of asphodel.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: affodill, affodillus, asphodelus, ἀσφόδελος, -
Usage
Inflected Forms
daffodils (plural)
affodill (alternative, obsolete)
daffadil (alternative, obsolete)
more daffodil (comparative)
most daffodil (superlative)
Phrases
bunch-flowered daffodil
checkered daffodil
daffodil telephone
hoop-petticoat daffodil
lily daffodil
Malabar daffodil orchid
paper-white daffodil
Peruvian daffodil