Synonyms for daisies
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dey-zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdeɪ zi |
Top 10 synonyms for daisies Other synonyms for the word daisies
- 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 daisies
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
- Before her is a meadow of rich herbage, covered with daisies.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- But he threw me off his shoulders in a huff, among the daisies and the cyclamens.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- But the Field of poppies and daisies begins to sway as under a gale.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- All remembered the little brown hat with its wreath of daisies.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various
- "There'll be daisies growing on her grave by this time," said Pete softly.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- And she swished her tail over her back as she nipped the daisies from their stems.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- The moon was a lone white lamb on a shadowy hill all spotted with daisies.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- And how the buttercups and daisies dance To meet my dazzled glance!
- Extract from : « The Inn of Dreams » by Olive Custance
- "There is too much white in this field," she told the other Daisies.
- Extract from : « Sandman's Goodnight Stories » by Abbie Phillips Walker
- She touched the white heads of the daisies; but did not pick them, because they looked so happy.
- Extract from : « Hildegarde's Holiday » by Laura E. Richards
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