DAISY
What does "DAISY" mean?
A small flower with white petals around a yellow centre, common in grass and meadows.
Meanings
- A common meadow flower with a yellow disc surrounded by white ray petals. She wove a chain of daisies and crowned the dog with it.
Did you know?
- 'Daisy' is a worn-down version of the Old English phrase 'day's eye': the flower earned the name because its petals open at dawn and fold shut at dusk, like an eye that follows the sun.
Word origin
From Old English 'dæges eage', literally 'day's eye', because the flower opens its petals at dawn and closes them at dusk.
Remember it
Hidden in DAISY is 'DAY' plus the start of 'Sight' - the day's eye that opens at sunrise.
A little poem
It opens at dawn,
a small eye in the wet grass,
and blinks the field gold.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is the daisy never late? It's literally the day's eye - it wakes the moment the sun does.
What it teaches
Even the plainest thing in the grass may carry a thousand-year-old name for the sun.
Quick facts
What does DAISY mean?
A small flower with white petals around a yellow centre, common in grass and meadows.
Is DAISY a valid word?
Yes — DAISY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DAISY?
DAISY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DAISY come from?
From Old English 'dæges eage', literally 'day's eye', because the flower opens its petals at dawn and closes them at dusk.
What can DAISY teach us?
Even the plainest thing in the grass may carry a thousand-year-old name for the sun.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.