different between daisy vs brownie
daisy
English
Alternative forms
- daisie, daysie
Etymology
From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæ?es ?age (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?de?.zi/
- Rhymes: -e?zi
Noun
daisy (plural daisies)
- A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
- Many other flowering plants of various species.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- daisy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- I'd say, Sayid, diyas
daisy From the web:
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brownie
English
Etymology
From brown +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?a?ni/
- Rhymes: -a?ni
- Hyphenation: brown?ie
Noun
brownie (plural brownies)
- (cooking) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
- 2000, Lori Gottlieb, Stick Figure: a diary of my former self, page 173,
- […] if she ever found out she was dying, she'd just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.
- 2005, Aaron Lazare, On Apology, unnumbered page,
- On a Saturday afternoon, my wife bought her favorite treat for dessert that evening, a gourmet, nut-filled brownie.
- 2005, Steve Otto, Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed Yippie, page 228,
- After cooking the brownies until we could smell the pot, we each ate a large brownie.
- 2000, Lori Gottlieb, Stick Figure: a diary of my former self, page 173,
- (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
- 1908, Dinah Craik, The Adventures of A Brownie.
- 1985, The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 1, page 636,
- Stories were told of a brownie riding horseback to fetch the midwife at childbirth or helping his master to win at checkers.
- 2004, Justin Hocking, Jeffrey Knutson, Jared Jacang Maher (editors), Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End, page 37,
- There are no brownies in my house, though. I know because there's always a pile of dishes in the sink.
- (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
- (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
- (informal) The widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- Coordinate term: greenie
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Arab, Indian or Hispanic descent. Sometimes used for a Native American or Pacific Islander.
- (US) A girl in the first level of girl scouts.
Derived terms
- chocolate brownie
- hash brownie
Translations
Descendants
- ? French: brownie
- ? German: Brownie
Further reading
- brownie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chocolate brownie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English brownie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?o.ni/, /b??.ni/
Noun
brownie f (plural brownies)
- brownie (type of small chocolate cake)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English brownie.
Noun
brownie m (definite singular brownien, indefinite plural browniar, definite plural browniane)
- brownie (type of small chocolate cake)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English brownie.
Noun
brownie m (plural brownies)
- brownie (type of small chocolate cake)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English brownie.
Noun
brownie m (plural brownies)
- brownie
Derived terms
- brownie rubia (“blondie”)
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