doilies
Meaning of doilies
plural noun
a small ornamental mat made of lace or paper with a lace pattern, put on a plate under cakes or other sweet food.
late 17th century: from Doiley or Doyley, the name of a 17th-century London draper. The word originally denoted a woollen material used for summer wear, said to have been introduced by this draper. The current sense (originally doily napkin ) dates from the early 18th century.
Information about doilies
- It is a name.
- The singular form of doilies is: doily.
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Hyphenation of doilies
doilies
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- doilies is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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