DIAPER Definition & Meaning

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diaper

[ dahy-per, dahy-uh-per ]

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noun

a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
Also called diaper cloth. a linen or cotton fabric with a woven pattern of small, constantly repeated figures, as diamonds.
Also called diaper pattern. such a pattern, originally used in the Middle Ages in weaving silk and gold.

verb (used with object)

to put a diaper on.
to ornament with a diaperlike pattern.

diaper

/ ˈ�岹ɪə��ə /

noun

a piece of soft material, esp towelling or a disposable material, wrapped around a baby in order to absorb its excrement Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)nappy
1. a woven pattern on fabric consisting of a small repeating design, esp diamonds
2. fabric having such a pattern
3. such a pattern, used as decoration

verb

tr to decorate with such a pattern

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of diaper¹

1300–50; Middle English diapre < Anglo-French dia(s)p(r)e < Medieval Latin diasprus made of diaper < Medieval Greek ��í��ǲ� pure white, equivalent to Greek di- di- ³( def ) + Medieval Greek á��ǲ� white

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of diaper¹

C14: from Old French diaspre, from Medieval Latin diasprus made of diaper, from Medieval Greek diaspros pure white, from dia- + aspros white, shining

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Janet Binger told The Times she was shocked to find him in diapers that she said went unchanged for hours.

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"We were told that his illness was one in a million. Other parents were learning to change diapers but I was learning how to change chemotherapy ports and IVs."

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Judging by the crowd waiting outside the pop-up in London, many eager customers are perhaps excitedly discovering the collaboration for the first time, as they were probably in diapers in 2003.

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But Air India said it had previously found objects such as blankets, underwear and diapers flushed down its planes' toilets.

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