diaper
English
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A toddler wearing a diaper.
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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ(ə)pə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ(ə)pɚ/
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.
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- A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
- c. 1590–1592, 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 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Let one attend him with a silver basin, […] / Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper.
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- (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
- (absorbent garment): nappy (British, Australia); napkin (British, South African)
Derived terms
- chin diaper
- diaper cake
- diaper deck
- diaperhood
- diaperism
- diaper lover
- diaper pail
- diaper rash
- diaperwork
- face diaper
- incontinence diaper
- paper diaper
- red diaper baby
- red-diaper baby
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
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Anagrams
- Piedra, aperid, paired, pardie, piedra, repaid
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