diaper

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  1. noun A folded piece of absorbent material, such as paper or cloth, that is placed between a baby's legs and fastened at the waist to contain excretions.
  2. noun A similar piece of material, worn by incontinent adults.
  3. noun A white cotton or linen fabric patterned with small, duplicative diamond-shaped figures.
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  1. 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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  1. from Middle English dyaper, diapery, from Old French diapre, diaspre = Provencal diaspre (cf. Middle Latin diasprus, diaspra), a kind of ornamented cloth, diapered cloth; a particular use of Old French diapre, diaspre = Provencal diaspre = Spanish diáspero, diaspro = Portuguese diaspro = Italian diaspro, jasper, from Latin iaspi (d-)s, jasper: see jasper, which is thus a doublet of diaper.
  2. Middle English only in past participle diapred, dyapred, after Old French diapré, past participle of diaprer, French diaprer, diaper, ornament with diaper-work; from the noun.
 

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