lilypond

lilypond

English

Etymology

lily +‎ pond

Noun

lilypond (plural lilyponds)

1. A pond in which water lilies grow.
   • 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, page 98:

     He had walked towards the middle of an ornamental lilypond when innebriated up to the point where braced shirts meet knickerbockers, […]

   • 1941, Upton Sinclar, Between Two Worlds I, Simon Publications (2001), →ISBN, page 3:

     Only van Gogh's sunrise and Monet's lilypond had their glories undiminished […]

   • 2003, Mike Parker & Paul Whitfield, Wales, Rough Guides (2003), →ISBN, page 126:

     Seldom busy, the gardens offer everything from formal lilyponds and billiard table-smooth lawns to joyous bursts of floral colour and the russets, golds and greens of an arboretum.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:lilypond.

Anagrams

• pond lily, pondlily