/up"see day"zee/ , interj.
(used, as for reassurance, at the moment of lifting a baby up.)
Also, upsa-daisy .
[ 1860-65; cf. earlier up-a-daisy, dial. up-a-day, perh. UP + (LACK)ADAY, ( lack ) adaisy; -sy perh. to be identified with -SY ]
/up"see day"zee/ , interj.
(used, as for reassurance, at the moment of lifting a baby up.)
Also, upsa-daisy .
[ 1860-65; cf. earlier up-a-daisy, dial. up-a-day, perh. UP + (LACK)ADAY, ( lack ) adaisy; -sy perh. to be identified with -SY ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012