curldoddyn.

Forms: Also curly-doddy.

Etymology: < curl n. or curly adj. + doddie n., that which has a rounded head.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurldoddy.

Scottish.

A popular name of various plants with rounded flower heads:

a. of species of Wild Scabious.

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1847 in R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (ed. 3) 204 Children thus address the stalk and flower of the scabious or devil's-bit..‘Curly doddy, do my biddin', Soop my house, and shool my midden'’.

b. of species of trefoil or clover, esp. Trifolium medium.

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1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 41 (Jam.) Trifolium medium..known in Orkney and in various parts of Scotland by the whimsical name of Red Curldoddy; and Trifolium repens, called White Curldoddy.

c. of the Ribwort Plantain ( Plantago lanceolata).

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a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 Quod he: My claver ‘my curledodie’.

1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) I. App. v. p. clxii With thre heidis of curle doddy.

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d. of curled cabbage (Jamieson).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	curldoddy
释义	curldoddyn. Forms: Also curly-doddy. Etymology: < curl n. or curly adj. + doddie n., that which has a rounded head.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurldoddy. Scottish. A popular name of various plants with rounded flower heads: a. of species of Wild Scabious. ΚΠ 1847 in R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (ed. 3) 204 Children thus address the stalk and flower of the scabious or devil's-bit..‘Curly doddy, do my biddin', Soop my house, and shool my midden'’. b. of species of trefoil or clover, esp. Trifolium medium. ΚΠ 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 41 (Jam.) Trifolium medium..known in Orkney and in various parts of Scotland by the whimsical name of Red Curldoddy; and Trifolium repens, called White Curldoddy. c. of the Ribwort Plantain ( Plantago lanceolata). ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 Quod he: My claver ‘my curledodie’. 1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) I. App. v. p. clxii With thre heidis of curle doddy. Categories » d. of curled cabbage (Jamieson). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1513
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