diaper
English
Etymology
From Middle English dyaper, from Old French dyapre, diaspre, from Medieval Latin diaspra, diasprum from Byzantine Greek δίασπρος (díaspros, adj), from δια- (dia-, “across”) + ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪpə(ɹ), -aɪəpə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: di‧a‧per, dia‧per
Noun
diaper (countable and uncountable, plural diapers)
- A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:
- The orphreys were woven in a diaper of red and gold silk, and were starred with medallions of many saints and martyrs, among whom was St. Sebastian.
- A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
- c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Let one attend him with a silver basin, […] / Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper.
- (Canada, US) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy.
- The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles.
- Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent
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Verb
diaper (third-person singular simple present diapers, present participle diapering, simple past and past participle diapered)
- To put diapers on someone.
- 2019, Michael Bent, Rosalie Bent, Understanding Adult Babies: Their Psychology and Lifestyles
- I diaper myself or she helps Diaper me and sometimes I get to wet them, she knows I like that. And she whispers in my ear that "baby wants to make a cummie in his Diapers […]
- Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
- 2019, Michael Bent, Rosalie Bent, Understanding Adult Babies: Their Psychology and Lifestyles
- To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
- 1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman
- If you diaper upon folds, let your work be broken.
- 1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman
Translations
To put diapers on someone
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French dyapre.
Noun
diaper
- Alternative form of dyaper
Etymology 2
From Old French diaprer.
Verb
diaper
- Alternative form of dyapren
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