Decorated with or made of doilies; covered with delicate lace or fancy trim.
From 'doily,' which may come from Doiley or D'Oyly, an 18th-century London fabric merchant, or possibly from a Malay word. The '-ed' suffix makes it an adjective.
Doilies became a status symbol in the Victorian era—having delicate, hand-made lace everywhere meant you had time and money to spend on non-functional decoration. Rich households would 'doily' almost everything, from furniture to picture frames.
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