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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
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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| di·a·per (dī'ə-pər, dī'pər) n.
[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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