doily

Meaning of doily

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 doily

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of doily is: doilies.
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Hyphenation of doily

doily

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • doily is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

doily synonyms

Meaning doyley:

doyley, doyly

Translation of doily

Words that rhyme with doily

oily, boily, noily, nonoily, unoily, roily, soily

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