Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DAFFODIL, DAFFADILE, n. Used as Eng. daffodil, but also used fig. by Galt to denote a silly, overdressed female or an effeminate man.Ayr. 1821 Galt Ann. Parish xxxviii.:
All hitherto, however, had been moderation, compared to the daffadile of vanity which she was now seen, when she had searched, as she said, to the bottom of her coffer.Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie II. xxi.:
Yon daffodil, your brother, and that corky, your gudeman, havena as meikle sense in baith their bouks as your leddyship has in your wee finger.
