lilie flour
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lili flour, lylye flour, lylie-flour, leli floure, lely floure, lilye flour, lyllie flour
Etymology
From lilie + flour.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌliliː(ə) ˈfluːr/
Noun
lilie flour (plural lilie floures)
- The flower of a lily.
- (rare) The colour of such a flower.
- (rare) Sexual abstinence.
- (rare) The Virgin Mary.
- (rare) A fleur-de-lis.
Descendants
- English: lily flower
References
- “lilīe-flǒur, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-09-26.