Plural form of daffodilly; multiple yellow spring flowers of the narcissus genus, often with trumpet-shaped centers.
A variant plural of 'daffodil', from Dutch 'de affodil' (literally 'the asphodel'), originally from Greek 'asphodelos'. The word underwent sound changes and plural variations in Middle English.
Daffodils have so many regional spelling variants—daffodilly, daffodowndilly, daffydowndilly—that early flower enthusiasts couldn't agree on the 'right' name, and English kept all the poetic versions alive in different dialects.
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