daphne
Speech parts
1. daphne - Noun
2. Daphne - Proper noun
Meaning
A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.
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Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear.
I love a woman in a tuxedo, or in a dress, who looks comfortable, relaxed, happy. I'd love to dress Daphne Guinness - she has exactly that attitude.
Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.
Heartache, Daphne eventually learned, never really went away; it just dulled. The sharp, stabbing pain that one felt with each breath eventually gave way to a blunter, lower ache-the kind that one could almost-but never quite-ignore.
Tonight," he whispered, his voice hoarse and hot in her ear, "I will make you mine." -Simon to Daphne.
After showing up to the taping, in a cab no less, Will joined the rest of the cast -- Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid, and DJ Jazzy Jeff -- for a conversation on the recreated set.