daisy
/ˈdeɪ.zi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.78 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals
name
A female given name from English.
name
A common name for a cow.
noun
A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "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?""
- "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."
- "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do! / I'm half crazy all for the love of you!"
- "She was a timid, sensitive girl, looking like her name - Daisy-ish industrious and thorough in her studies; - - -"
- ""Isn't she a Christian or something - a name which is..." "Nothing more than the name of a flower, that's all. Daisy is a flower." He realized he was not sure what flower it was. "It's a most lovely flower grown in America, England, and so forth. What is wrong with that name?""
- "The heifer Daisy died in September 1811."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: dayesye, dæġes ēage, -
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈdeɪ.zi/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
African bush daisy
African daisies
angelita daisy
Barberton daisy
Bartlett daisy
blackfoot daisy
blue daisy
bull daisy