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)

1. The flower of a lily.
2. (rare) The colour of such a flower.
3. (rare) Sexual abstinence.
4. (rare) The Virgin Mary.
5. (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.