damselfly

noun
/ˈdæmzəlflaɪ/UK

Etymology

From damsel + fly, where damsel ultimately from Vulgar Latin *domnicella (whence also French demoiselle, Portuguese donzelinha). Compare Danish vandnymfe, Dutch juffer, Swedish jungfruslända, Welsh mursen. Also compare ladybird, ladybug, nymph.

  1. derived from *plewk-
  2. inherited from *fleugǭ
  3. inherited from *fleugā
  4. inherited from flȳġe
  5. inherited from flye
  6. compounded as damselfly — “damsel + fly

Definitions

  1. Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are…

    Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for damselfly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA