upsy-daisy
[ uhp-see-dey-zee ]
interjection
(used, as for reassurance, at the moment of lifting a baby up.)
Origin of upsy-daisy
11860–65; compare earlier up-a-daisy, dial. up-a-day, perhaps up + (lack)aday, (lack)adaisy;-sy perhaps to be identified with -sy
- Also upsa-daisy.
Words Nearby upsy-daisy
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British Dictionary definitions for upsy-daisy
upsy-daisy
upsadaisy
/ (ˈʌpsɪˈdeɪzɪ) /
interjection
an expression, usually of reassurance, uttered as when someone, esp a child, stumbles or is being lifted up
Origin of upsy-daisy
1C18 up-a-daisy, irregularly formed from up (adv)
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