dilly

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
    — You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies.
  2. A dilly bag. Australia
  3. A kind of stagecoach. dated
    — So, down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying six insides.
  4. Synonym of dilly net
  5. A night cart. obsolete,slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Redolent of dill (the herb).
  2. Silly; characteristic of a dill. Australia

词形变化

more dilly comparative most dilly superlative dillies plural dillies plural dillier comparative dilliest superlative dillies plural dillies plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English dill
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English dilly
From dill + -y.
词源 2
From Somersetshire dialect; perhaps a blend of daft and silly.
词源 3
Contracted from diligence.
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