Daffodilly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Daffodilly is a noun meaning (poetic, dialectal, colloquial or childish) A daffodil.
Meaning
(poetic, dialectal, colloquial or childish) A daffodil.
More Meanings
- Resembling or characteristic of a daffodil.
- With daffodils.
Example Sentences
OK I’ll take it one flight down with a daffodilly for my love […]
Goofy ran for the door. “I need a daffodilly!” he said. There was one daffodil left in the garden, but he needed something to cut it.
It is Homer’s “asphodelos leimon,” the daffodilly mead or meadow, descriptive of Elysium, the Hesperides or western isles of departed shades.
And he cut the leaves of the snow-drop down, / And tied up the daffodilly; / And then he sung, as he bent at ’s work, / With a “Hiho! willy, willy.”
Word Forms
- daffodillies
Synonyms for daffodilly
Depending on context, synonyms include daffodilled.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffy, daffodowndilly, affodill, daffydowndilly.
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