liliedadj.
/ˈlɪlɪd/ 1. Resembling a lily in fairness of complexion.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > whiteness or fairness > [adjective]
whiteOE
fairc1175
whitelya1387
blonde1481
whitelewe1495
fair-faced1553
buttermilk1606
lilied1614
white-skin1634
light-complexioned1770
leucous1842
blondine1867
blonde-complexioned1881
leucodermic1926
blondish1961
1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue iv. 372 Her ruddy round Cheeks seem'd to be composed Of Roses Lillied, or of Lillies Rosed.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxvii. sig. Pv The modest sweetnesse of a Lillied face.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila sig. B2v The lily'd Breasts with Violets vein'd.
1761 Poetry in Ann. Reg. 234 Did they..Wear ruffs too small..Or, over lilied, add a little rose.
1822 J. Wilson Lights & Shadows Sc. Life 4 She was like the fairest of all the lilied brood.
1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 266 Of just-tinged marble, like Eve's lilied flesh.
2.
a. Covered with or abounding with lilies.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [adjective] > of or having lilies
lily-paved1605
lilied1645
lily-pavena1822
regale1920
1645 J. Milton Arcades in Poems 56 Nymphs and Shepherds dance no more By sandy Ladons Lillied banks.
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination ii. 287 O'er the lilied vale Clearer than glass it flow'd.
1758 J. Beattie Ode to Peace iii. iii, in Scots Mag. Sept. 482/2 Along the lily'd lawn the nymphs advance.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. ix. 159 Its lilied pool and grassy acres specked with deer.
b. Bearing or embellished with the heraldic lilies or fleur-de-lis.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > flowers or fleurs-de-lis
flowered1592
well-flowered1597
liliated1643
flowery1667
thistled1745
lilied1796
rosed1823
fleured1841
fleur-de-lised1843
floriated1845
florulent1859
floriate1894
flower-printed1952
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [adjective] > having flowers > having lilies
fleuryc1420
flourished1486
fleurettée1562
liliated1643
flowery1681
lilied1796
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 617 And plant the lilied flag Victorious on yon tower.
1814 S. Rogers Jacqueline 88 The lilied banners streaming bright.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. vi. 116 The fond belief, that heav'n Will truck its armour for his lilied shield.
1884 S. R. Gardiner Hist. Eng. VII. lxx. 195 The lilied banner of France.
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