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di·a·per (dī'ə-pər, dī'pər) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A folded piece of absorbent material, such as paper or cloth, that is placed between a baby's legs and fastened at the waist to contain excretions.
2. A similar piece of material, worn by incontinent adults.
3. A white cotton or linen fabric patterned with small, duplicative diamond-shaped figures.
4. A piece of such cloth.
5. Such a pattern.
1. A white cotton or linen fabric patterned with small, duplicative diamond-shaped figures.
2. A piece of such cloth.
3. Such a pattern.

tr.v. di·a·pered, di·a·per·ing, di·a·pers

To put a diaper on.
To weave or decorate in a diamond-shaped pattern.

[Middle English, a patterned fabric, from Old French diapre, diaspre, from Medieval Latin diasprum, a white silken material, from Medieval Greek diaspros, pure white : dia-, intensive pref.; see dia- + aspros, white (probably from Latin asper, rough).]

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