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dia·per
Audio Help / ˈdaɪ pər, ˈdaɪ ə pər / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ dahy -per, dahy -uh -per] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –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)
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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