upsy-daisy

[ uhp-see-dey-zee ]

/ ˈʌp siˈdeɪ zi /

(used, as for reassurance, at the moment of lifting a baby up.)

Also upsa-daisy.

Origin of upsy-daisy

1860–65; compare earlier up-a-daisy, dial. up-a-day, perhaps up + (lack)aday, (lack)adaisy; -sy perhaps to be identified with -sy

upsurge, upsweep, upswell, upswept, upswing, upsy-daisy, uptake, uptalk, uptear, upter, upthrow

upsy-daisy

/ (ˈʌpsɪˈdeɪzɪ) /

an expression, usually of reassurance, uttered as when someone, esp a child, stumbles or is being lifted up

C18 up-a-daisy, irregularly formed from up (adv)