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upsy-daisy

[ uhp-see-dey-zee ]

interjection

  1. (used, as for reassurance, at the moment of lifting a baby up.)


upsy-daisy

/ ˈʌpsɪˈdeɪzɪ /

interjection

  1. an expression, usually of reassurance, uttered as when someone, esp a child, stumbles or is being lifted up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of upsy-daisy1

1860–65; compare earlier up-a-daisy, dial. up-a-day, perhaps up + (lack)aday, (lack)adaisy; -sy perhaps to be identified with -sy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of upsy-daisy1

C18 up-a-daisy, irregularly formed from up (adv)

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