daffodilly

Etymology

A form of daffodil, perhaps influenced by lily; in colloquial and childish use, by -y (diminutive suffix).

noun

  1. A daffodil.“And he cut the leaves of the snow-drop down, / And tied up the daffodilly; / And then he sung, as he bent at ’s work, / With a “Hiho! willy, willy.””

adj

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a daffodil.“The demise of a distinguished person in relaton to whom (as in your case) much may be said on both sides, is a sort of God send to the press. Only think of it! The whole periodical & diurnal press of England ringing with the praise of such a daffodilly Poet as [William] Wordsworth!”
  2. With daffodils.“It is Homer’s “asphodelos leimon,” the daffodilly mead or meadow, descriptive of Elysium, the Hesperides or western isles of departed shades.”