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▪ I. daffodilly, daffadilly, n.|ˈdæfədɪlɪ|
[f. prec.: perh. influenced by lily.]
The same as daffodil: a poetic (and dialect) form.
1538[see affodill]. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Jan. 22 Thy sommer prowde, with Daffadillies dight. 1593Drayton Eclogues iii. 81 See that there be store of Lillyes, (Call'd of Shepheards Daffadillyes). 1637Milton Lycidas 150 Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears. 1847M. Howitt Ballads 7 He cut the leaves of the snow-drop down, And tied up the daffodilly.
▪ II. ˈdaffodilly, a. rare.
[f. daffodil + -y.]
Full of or furnished with daffodils.
1892Temple Bar Mag. Sept. 125 An exceedingly unpretentious, yet palm-y and daffodill-y drawing-room. |