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diaper pattern

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dia⋅per

[dahy-per, dahy-uh-per]
–noun
1. a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
2. Also called diaper cloth. a linen or cotton fabric with a woven pattern of small, constantly repeated figures, as diamonds.
3. Also called diaper pattern. such a pattern, originally used in the Middle Ages in weaving silk and gold.
–verb (used with object)
4. to put a diaper on.
5. to ornament with a diaperlike pattern.

Origin:
1300–50; ME diapre < AF dia(s)p(r)e < ML diasprus made of diaper < MGk díaspros pure white, equiv. to Gk di- di3 + MGk áspros white
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Main Entry: 2diaper
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: di·a·pered; di·a·per·ing /-p(&-)ri[ng]/
: to put on or change the diaper of (an infant)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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