gillyn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɪli/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɪli/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: gillyflower n.

Etymology: Short for gillyflower n.

colloquial (chiefly English regional (midlands) in later use).

A gillyflower; esp. (in later use) a wallflower. Cf. gillyflower n.

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1858 S. Hibberd Carnation, Picotee, & Pink i, in Garden Favourites 247 Another of its [sc. the carnation] names was ‘gillyflower’, for, though the stock is often spoken of as the ‘gilly’, or ‘gilly-flower’ of old times, it is quite certain that Pinks and Carnations were those pre-eminently known by such names.

1882 M. R. Banks Bright Days in Old Plantation Time i. 14 We went to the garden, where..the wallflowers and gillies grew thicker and larger than I have ever seen them since.

1887 Academy 17 Sept. 180/1 Few of the common Herefordshire names for plants and flowers have as yet been collected; such as ‘old man,’ ‘gillies,’ ‘snow on the mountain,’ and the like.

1892 Birmingham Weekly Post 24 Dec. 5/6 Some nice little bunches of wall-flowers, or gillies as we call them here.

1919 K. Norris Sisters xxiii. 310 Her coffin was buried in flowers, many of them the plain flowers she loved, the gillies and stock and verbena.

1987 S. Stewart Lifting Latch xvi. 174 To see the blossom tossing and the gillies nodding in the back gardens.

2004 Times 24 July (Weekend Review section) 33/4 Country people in Shropshire still call wallflowers ‘gillies’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gilly
释义	gillyn. Brit. /ˈdʒɪli/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪli/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: gillyflower n. Etymology: Short for gillyflower n. colloquial (chiefly English regional (midlands) in later use). A gillyflower; esp. (in later use) a wallflower. Cf. gillyflower n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > cruciferous flowers > yellow or orange flowers wall-fairc1450 winter gillyflower1547 heartsease1548 wall gillyflower1548 gillyflower1578 keiri1578 wallflower1578 alyssum1731 queen's balm1797 wall1825 warrior1825 cheiranthus1850 gilly1858 1858 S. Hibberd Carnation, Picotee, & Pink i, in Garden Favourites 247 Another of its [sc. the carnation] names was ‘gillyflower’, for, though the stock is often spoken of as the ‘gilly’, or ‘gilly-flower’ of old times, it is quite certain that Pinks and Carnations were those pre-eminently known by such names. 1882 M. R. Banks Bright Days in Old Plantation Time i. 14 We went to the garden, where..the wallflowers and gillies grew thicker and larger than I have ever seen them since. 1887 Academy 17 Sept. 180/1 Few of the common Herefordshire names for plants and flowers have as yet been collected; such as ‘old man,’ ‘gillies,’ ‘snow on the mountain,’ and the like. 1892 Birmingham Weekly Post 24 Dec. 5/6 Some nice little bunches of wall-flowers, or gillies as we call them here. 1919 K. Norris Sisters xxiii. 310 Her coffin was buried in flowers, many of them the plain flowers she loved, the gillies and stock and verbena. 1987 S. Stewart Lifting Latch xvi. 174 To see the blossom tossing and the gillies nodding in the back gardens. 2004 Times 24 July (Weekend Review section) 33/4 Country people in Shropshire still call wallflowers ‘gillies’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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