Synonyms for daisy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dey-zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdeɪ zi |
Top 10 synonyms for daisy Other synonyms for the word daisy
- chicken heart
- chicken liver
- cream puff
- dot
- featherweight
- fraidy-cat
- jellyfish
- lentigo
- lily liver
- loser
- macula
- milksop
- momma's boy
- namby-pamby
- pansy
- pantywaist
- patch
- pepper
- pigmentation
- pit
- pock
- pockmark
- puppy
- pushover
- scaredy-cat
- schlemiel
- sissy
- speck
- speckle
- sprinkle
- stipple
- wimp
- wuss
- wussy
- yellow belly
Définition of daisy
Origin :- Old English dægesege, from dæges eage "day's eye," because the petals open at dawn and close at dusk. (See day (n.) + eye (n.)). In Medieval Latin it was solis oculus "sun's eye." As a female proper name said to have been originally a pet form of Margaret (q.v.).
- Daisy-cutter first attested 1791, originally of horses that trot with low steps; later of cricket (1889) and baseball hits that skim along the ground. Daisy-chain in the "group sex" sense is attested from 1941. Pushing up daisies "dead" is attested from 1918, but variants with the same meaning go back to 1842.
- As in sissy : noun weakling
- As in wimp : noun weakling
- As in freckle : noun small discoloration on skin
- Daisy laughed gayly at recollection of the London woman's jesting.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- I went over to where Daisy stood, by the edge of the flower-bed.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Even more, sir, I prize the hope that Daisy will share it with me--as my wife!
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- A hundred bridegrooms could not make her less our Daisy than she was.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- We did not visit other houses much--Daisy and I--but held ourselves to a degree apart.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- A long, long play-day it was to the little vine, the daisy, and the violet.
- Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
- If there were alterations of a similar sort in Daisy, I could not see them this night.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Daily contact with Daisy showed changes, too, in her which disturbed me.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- "As docile as Daisy" might have been a proverb in the neighborhood, so general was this view of her nature.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- The sound came strangely to my ears, as if it were some other than Daisy laughing.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
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