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English
Noun
daffadil (plural daffadils)
- Obsolete spelling of daffodil.
1568, William Turner, The First and Seconde Partes of the Herbal of William Turner Doctor in Phisick, Arnold Birckman:Out of all theſe deſcriptiones I gather that our comen daffadil / is one kynde of Narciſſus / where of Pliny maketh mention / when as he ſpeaketh of it with the herbiſhe color. The faſſhon of the lefe / flour and ſtalk of our daffadil agreeth well with the deſcription both of Dioſcorides / & Theophraſt / only the color of the floure is contrary or beſyde the deſcription of Dioſcorides.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 290, column 1:When daffadils begin to peere, / With heigh the Doxy ouer the dale, / Why then comes in the ſweet o’ the yeere, / For the red blood raigns in yͤ winters pale.
1732, The Hive. A Collection of the Most Celebrated Songs., volume IV, London: J. Walthoe, , page 53:When couſlips, and daiſies, and daffadils ſpread, / And adorn, and perfume the green flow’ry mead;