lily-white
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lily-white
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From Middle English liliwhite, lilye-white, lilye-whyt, equivalent to lily + white.
adjective more lily-white · most lily-white
- A shade of the color white.
- Pure, unblemished, immaculate. Not a pimple nor freckle marred her lily-white skin
- Innocent, having a reputation beyond reproach.
- Of the Caucasian race; white. The film was shot on location in Notting Hill, but observers noticed how its streets were suspiciously free of black people, and instead “wholly populated with mindless, twittering, wittering, lily-white rich”, as writer China Miéville put it.
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adj pure, unblemished, immaculate
| Deutsch | blütenweiß |
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